May I suggest looking in the OSGEO service provider page http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile
On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 19:56 +0100, Ian Mayo wrote: > Hi all, > I'm keen to add some features to OpenLayers to support my specific > requirement, and am looking for some contracted help. > > Initially I'm going to try to find a developer through the > rentacoder.com site. I've had around 70% success rate there over the > last couple of years, and see if I can find a competent developer - > starting him/her off with a relatively simple new feature. then > increase in complexity as my trust/confidence increases.... > > The first feature I'm considering is adding a client-side scale > control. I've created such a control in Java (see > http://www.debrief.info/features/snail.gif), but am not yet up to > speed in JavaScript or the OpenMap architecture... > > So, here are my questions [at last...] > - do you OpenLayers experts believe that such a scale can be drawn > dynamically at each viewport refresh at an acceptable speed? yes > - should this new feature be implemented as a layer? no, more like a control > - does OpenMap already contain functionality to automagically decide > on a suitable set of units/scale step size for the current viewport? There is an 'Auto' resolutions for the baselayer (I hope I'm getting this right since I mainly 'live' in the FixedZoomLevel world of Gmaps) > - is there a clever way for the user to control the location of the > scale (TL, TR, BL, BR) from within OpenLayers? Several ways to this > Or is the only way to > either specify it it the original html declaration/controls placed in > the html "wrapper" functionality. > > Any other constraints that I should bear in mind or recommendations > for a tidy implementation would also be appreciated. > > cheers, > Ian. > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
