Reusable, Accessible, Mapping Platform (RAMP)

What is the RAMP?

• A collaborative open source project led by Environment Canada.
• RAMP provides the ability to rapidly deploy a theme based Web Mapping application, or to support the implementation of a dynamic Web Mapping viewer.
• Built off of the ESRI JavaScript API, but strives for platform neutrality.

Key Resources

• Documentation
• Downloads
• Version history and roadmap
• Examples
• Terms and conditions (MIT license)
• Source code repository

Benefits

Accessibility, Usability, and Interoperability

• Prioritizes WCAG 2.0 level AA compliance
• Leverages WAI-ARIA to further enhance accessibility
• Iterative approach to design, adapting to change all the time
• Built on HTML5
• Supports a wide variety of browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera)

Themeable and Reusable

• Flexible framework that supports custom templates and widgets
• Allows teams to reuse their work across multiple projects

Reduces Development Costs

• Provides with an out-of-the-box solution to reduce development costs
• Avoids duplication of effort, continuously building a core toolset of cross-cutting project requirements
• Breeds better quality solutions by working with proven technology

Inspiring Collaboration

• Project managed on GitHub
• External contributions welcome
• Report issues and suggestions
• Documentation
• Testing