tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21289662.post3153422017378901513..comments2023-09-26T01:39:21.395-07:00Comments on Bioinformatics: openlayers, genomes and image-mapsbrentphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12236821145627337774noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21289662.post-51640469320423956742008-11-07T08:30:00.000-08:002008-11-07T08:30:00.000-08:00hi wally, it's not exactly the same, but openlayer...hi wally, it's not exactly the same, but openlayers does support <BR/><A HREF="http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/controls.html" REL="nofollow">overview maps</A>. i'd have to do a bit more work to get them supported in 1 dimension, but it's do-able.<BR/>i like the SIMILE interface a lot, but it seems like it's pushing the limits of what my browser is willing to do.brentphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236821145627337774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21289662.post-74273250115061065142008-11-05T13:42:00.000-08:002008-11-05T13:42:00.000-08:00Something that would be a neat addition to the Ope...Something that would be a neat addition to the OpenLayers Genome Browser would be the ability to show multiple scales/resolutions of a genome at the same time ... kind of like the way that the <A HREF="http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/" REL="nofollow">SIMILE Timeline</A> project can do with visualizing events over time.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if the concept would be a right fit overall for the project but at least on the surface it sounds like a decent idea.Wally Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511764927453595866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21289662.post-6621787517763816222008-05-09T11:45:00.000-07:002008-05-09T11:45:00.000-07:00Ideally you would have an API written in C/C++ wit...Ideally you would have an API written in C/C++ with biopython, bioperl wrapped around it, perhaps using <A HREF="http://www.swig.org/" REL="nofollow">SWIG</A>; then again, it takes substantially more effort and less incentive to do so. <BR/><BR/>For example, someone can have <A HTTP://MATPLOTLIB.SF.NET HREF- HREF="" REL="nofollow">matplotlib</A> coded in C++ but it is more maintainable to do it in python; when you compare that to <A HREF="http://www.advsofteng.com/" REL="nofollow">chartdirector</A>,<BR/>it is wrapped into all major languages, but after such efforts it is no longer free.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607944791843532178noreply@blogger.com