Latest Contributions by SeanMcGee1

Great stuff! Will give this a shot. We had a similar challenge working with live data/web. Wrote a module for the ArcGIS JavaScript API - https://apps.esriuk.com/app/spidermaps/1/wmt/view/fd95dfb7e2b843ee90d23b67606e6b4c/index.html  ... View more

Open source means in my opinion the product’s code is openly readable to anyone. If for example it’s an API, the actual API is readable. Easy to see why open source is a good. Community collaboration, there’s no hidden agendas and it’s normally free to use. I use many open source tools and products in my everyday life. It’s a community that is, and always will be needed. That being said. I use many closed source products too. Products that I trust wholeheartedly that they’re done properly and I expect to work. Open and closed source work well separately and together. Esri has a good mix. An example is the JavaScript API. It’s closed source but there’s plenty of community support available still. Open source projects on GitHub, sample code and Esri genuinely try to help the developer community. It's free(mostly) to develop and try out. When you start to profit, money goes to support the creators. I think that makes sense. I could write pages about this... But this is an overview of my opinion.  ... View more