I'm +1 for adding this functionality. Pierre GIRAUD wrote: > Dear OpenLayers developers, > > For one of the projects we are currently working on, we need to add > some functionnalities to OpenLayers. > Before we start, I would like to expose to you those different > elements. We think that they could be part of the future of OpenLayers > and integrated as is (or with little rewrite) in a forthcoming > release. > > The aim of this mail is to start a discussion on this. We hope that > with such an approach, we'll be able to develop the needed > functionnalities with the agreement of the developpers community. > We want to discuss with you all about use cases, design preferences, > and especially if it is has a chance to be integrated in the trunk or > if it is more like application level elements. > > Here are listed the functionnalities, note that they mainly concern > editing tools : > > - snapping: the user can draw or modify a vector feature geometry > with snapping enabled. > We first need vertice snapping only, but we can also think about > segment snapping. > Found this definition : http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidexe/term?846 > > - drag/add/remove vertice > > - create island/donut polygons (polygon hole cutter) > > If, in your opinion, those functionnalities are to be accepted in the > trunk, I'll give more details on how we imagine to implement them. > Side note : some of the previously listed tools were already added by > Bertil and I in the first vector branch (late 2006). > > Tim, you just created a wiki page to list ideas for the future of > OpenLayers. Do the current considerations have to be added there ? > > Regards > > Pierre > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > >
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