In defence of the Web ADF.

If, like me, you have been developing internet mapping and GIS applications for a few years (twelve odd in my case) you can see how easy it can be to develop applications to do exactly what you want to do. You can design, architect and deploy all sorts of solutions to fit into you business or integrate into your enterprise systems. It should be understood though that in the world of GIS (can we still call it that in this neo world?) most people aren’t developers or architects, they are analysts or planners or engineers that might want to share the information and maps are creating in their...