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Submitted by Patrick Hayes on Mon, 2009-09-21 20:03
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Day: 
Saturday
Time: 
2:00 pm
Room: 
Room U2

This session will be focused on demoing the new OpenLayers and Geo module. These modules works with ‘true’ GIS data (points, lines polygons) that are stored in a geospatial database (postGIS or MySQL Spatial). We will show you how to “mashup” data from many sources (including KML, WMS, WFS, Google, Yahoo etc.) and display a unique map with variable styling. If there is time, we may even get down and dirty with the very extensible openlayers API.

Some of the topics that will be discussed or demoed:

  • Map presets and options for how maps behave and look.
  • Inputting polygon data by drawing on a map.
  • Map displays with Views
  • Inline map with content filters.
  • The OpenLayers Drupal API.
  • The future of GIS + Drupal

This session will be presented by Patrick Hayes, one of the maintainers of the openlayers module.

Patrick did this talk at Drupalcamp Victoria, and it got some good reviews

Comments

openlayers kicks ass

Submitted by Shiraz Dindar on Wed, 2009-10-14 14:05.

I’ve been using openlayers dev release for a couple months now. It’s much more powerful than gmaps.

Zzolo can't make it

Submitted by Patrick Hayes on Fri, 2009-10-09 10:06.

Hey all, sorry to say that it looks like Alan (the other maintainer of the openlayers module) can’t make it – so I will be presenting this solo.

I just saw Patrick’s

Submitted by chrisshattuck on Fri, 2009-09-25 09:03.

I just saw Patrick’s presentation at DrupalCamp Victoria BC, and it was very cool. If you have any reason to use maps, or just want an hour of wow, come take a look.

Looking forward to seeing you again, Patrick!

Cheers!
Chris