MapBox

Пример толкового ГИС сервиса — MapBox. Предприимчивые ребята взяли опенсорцные кирпичики, добавили своего «клея» и продают хостинг «красивых карт». У них подложки и слои. У них аппликуха для оформления кастомных карт. У них API для создания ГИС аппликух. Берете все это, делаете карту, публикуете на их хостинге... профит. Уж им-то точно :)

Красота.

MapBox has been winning a lot of high-profile converts lately, such as Foursquare. In my opinion, it’s one of the more perfect web mapping solutions, commercial or open-source, to come along in a while. The combination of cartographic engine (Mapnik), tile generation (TileMill) and storage (MBTiles) make MapBox one of the most elegant ways to serve beautiful maps currently available.

blog.geomusings.com/2012/03/20/fcc-open-sources-mapbox-module-for-drupal

The SlashMaps for MapBox module allows you to integrate MapBox's fast and flexible map hosting into your Drupal site. The module creates a /maps page listing all the maps from your MapBox account with a thumbnail preview. Each map page includes a pre-generated embedded map. The module is a one step install and provides the everything you need to fully integrate maps from MapBox into your site.

drupal.org/project/slashmaps

We have released a new module that drives our FCC.gov/maps page.  Often referred to as open sourcing our code, we are excited to release this for wider audience use and enhancements.

fcc.gov/blog/opening-hood and-code behind-fccgovmaps

Всем бы госструктурам так — наваяли полезняшку, опенсорцнули.