Are we thinking of the strict Plone3 way of doing things with GS or what?? How ever we decide I will try and get a simple "lets bash the libraries into zodb" done tonight in a true Plone3 GS way.
Steve Coleman-Williams E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone (work): (01970) 613438 Phone (Mobile): 07774522282 Please do not print this e-mail unless absolutely necessary - SAVE ENERGY and PAPER --- non facias malum ut inde fiat bonum -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Bréhault Sent: 24 April 2008 12:05 To: gispython.org community projects Subject: Re: [Community] OpenLayers in Plone 3 of course it is simple :) but it would be still useful to do it only once here what I have I mind: - a skin containing OpenLayers - a profile which would declare the css, js and so on, plus a propertytool in the portal (to manage stuff like GoogleMapKey, for instance) - a BrowserView class, with few annotations (to manage wms adresses, SLD styles, etc...) - some PT macros that you would be able to insert OL in your product-specific templates that way: tal:define="view here/@@openlayer_browserview" <script tal:define="my_google_key view/getGoogleKey" type="text/javascript" src="" tal:attributes="src string:http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key=${my_google_key} "> <script tal:define="parameters view/getParameters" tal:content="string:window.onload=function() {load('${parameters}');}" > <div id="map" tal:define="myHeight view/getHeight" tal:attributes="style string:height:${myHeight}px"> </div> so, for sure, it is not difficult, but it would just make the integration cleaner, that's all Eric On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Steve Coleman-Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To get Plone to use the OL libraries is at best trivial at worst simple. > > I already have a product that simply installs the OpenLayers directory > structure and JS files into Plone skins and allows people to include them as > resources > > > Steve Coleman-Williams > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone (work): (01970) 613438 > Phone (Mobile): 07774522282 > > Please do not print this e-mail unless absolutely necessary - SAVE ENERGY > and PAPER > --- > non facias malum ut inde fiat bonum > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Bréhault > > > Sent: 24 April 2008 10:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; gispython.org community projects > Subject: Re: [Community] OpenLayers in Plone 3 > > editing/adding/removing features should be part of the presentation layer > > but, here, I do not propose to build a complete GIS presentation layer > > I just propose to provide a technical toolkit to be able to insert > OpenLayers in Plone templates, which would be used by any presentation > layer involving OL > (because the needs might be very differents: some want a content-type > to display a map, others want to manage geo-aware Plone objects, and > others want to build an AT geo widget) > > so I do not think it would be productive to try to build a generic > OL-based GIS presentation layer for Plone > > In my case for instance, I use OL to create or edit geometry, and I > call zgeo.wfs to save and index the resulting geometry directly in > Zope, but we could imagine another solution where the geometry is also > created and modified using OL but stored in an AT field and sent to > PostGIS (for instance) as a WKT string > > but, whatever is your architecture, in any case, you will still need > to make Plone able to load and use the OL Javascript library, so > that's the objective of my initial proposal > > see? > > Eric BREHAULT > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Jan van der Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Eric, > > > > > > Part of the presentation layer is editing and adding and removing > content, > > right? > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Bréhault > > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 09:42 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; gispython.org community projects > > Subject: Re: [Community] OpenLayers in Plone 3 > > > > > > > > PrimaGIS provides the ability to manage MapServer from Plone, and also to > > display a map in Plone (using OpenLayers by the way in the Plone version > I > > think). > > > > Here what we propose is just to provide OpenLayers in Plone, so just the > GIS > > client technical intergration aspects (basically a skin containing OL + > some > > nice macro to insert and configure OL from PT templates). Nothing about > the > > GIS server-side. Nothing about the spatial information data model or > > storage. > > > > The idea is to provide an unified OL integration technical toolkit that > > could be used for instance by PrimaGIS, EryrOL, PleiadesOL, or any other > > Plone product that may need OL. > > > > Eric BREHAULT > > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Alex Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Moisan Yves wrote: > > > > -Translation to Dutch. > > > > > > > > And French too, but with Éric on board that's no problem. > > > > > > > > As an aside, I noticed the folks at OpenPlans are apparently going > to > > provide some map viewing/editing capabilities (GeoServer I assume) in > their > > OpenCore software. OpenCore is Plone (and a couple of other FOSS parts), > > though I'm not sure which version. It may be a good idea to bounce an > email > > to Chris Holmes about an OL integration to Plone 3. > > > > > > > > Yves > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Community mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > OpenPlans is plone 2.5. I haven't peeked at what their planning now > > > but last I looked they had tinkered with Prima 0.5 and decided to > > > wait on an easier solution. > > > > > > I'm in to help although I'm not terribly familiar with the inner > > > workings of Plone 3 yet. (Book to be ordered soon) > > > > > > One question for clarification, how does this idea differ from the > > > PrimaGIS mindset? > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Community mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.3/1392 - Release Date: > 22-Apr-2008 > > 15:51 > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1394 - Release Date: > 23-Apr-2008 > > 19:16 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community
