I've adjusted the Overview text after chatting with Chris on IRC. On 01/08/10 23:54, christopher.schm...@nokia.com wrote: > > Cameron, > > Personally, I much preferred the previous text. > 1. OpenLayers is, to some extent, designed for people beyond just web > devleopers > to use; though we don't always achieve that goal, the goal really is to > let > anyone, right down to someone who just knows how to copy paste into a > blog, > create an OpenLayers maps. > 2. The change from "Google Maps API" to "Google Maps" is one that I > deliberately > chose not to make: the key distinction is that the Google Maps API is > a Javascript API, not a web UI at maps.google.com. > 3. OpenLayers is not renowned (and definitely not renound ;)) for its > comprehensive testing and release cycles, as far as I know; at least, I > don't > consider it such. We most certainly do not ensure stability across > hundreds of browser versions; heck, we hardly ensure stability across a > half > dozen. > > I also do not like the 'core features' sections in general; the core feature > of OpenLayers is "making a map", possibly extending to "Loads map layers > from many sources" -- the rest of the features are not at all core features. > > It seems that you have a direction in mind here, so I'm willing to let you, > as a representative of the OpenLayers PSC, make the final call on this, > but I think the new document is missing a lot of the sense that I tried > to convey in my original, and it is not the document that I would create > myself. > > -- Chris > > >> Source text is at: >> https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/overview >> >> Browser GIS Client¶ >> >> OpenLayers makes it easy for web developers to embed dynamic maps, from a >> multitude of sources, in any web page. OpenLayers provides an extensive list >> of mapping tools and widgets, similar to Google Maps. All functionally runs >> inside the web browser, which makes OpenLayers easy to install, without any >> server side dependencies. >> >> OpenLayers is renound for its comprehensive testing and release cycles, >> ensuring stability across the hundreds of different browser versions. >> >> Core Features¶ >> >> • Loads map layers from many sources: >> • Google, Bing, Yahoo >> • WMST, WFS, WFS-T WMS, GeoRSS, GML >> • ArcGIS, Images, MapGuide, MapServer, TileCache, VirtualEarth, >> WorldWind, >> • Tools >> • Pan, Zoom, Draw, Edit, Save, ... >> • Popups >> • Markers >> • Reprojections >> >> Original Text: >> OpenLayers¶ >> >> Web map engine¶ >> >> OpenLayers makes it easy to put a dynamic map in any web page. It can >> display map tiles and markers loaded from any source. OpenLayers is a pure >> JavaScript library for displaying map data in most modern web browsers, with >> no server-side dependencies. OpenLayers implements a JavaScript API for >> building rich web-based geographic applications, similar to the Google Maps >> API. >> >> >> Furthermore, OpenLayers implements industry-standard methods for geographic >> data access, such as the OpenGIS Consortium’s Web Mapping Service (WMS) and >> Web Feature Service (WFS) protocols. Under the hood, OpenLayers is written >> in object-oriented JavaScript. >> >> As a framework, OpenLayers is intended to separate map tools from map data >> so that all the tools can operate on all the data sources. This separation >> breaks the proprietary silos that earlier GIS revolutions have taught >> civilization to avoid. The mapping revolution on the public Web should >> benefit from the experience of history. >> >> -- >> Cameron Shorter >> Geospatial Director >> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 >> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 >> >> Think Globally, Fix Locally >> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source >> >> http://www.lisasoft.com >> <ATT00001..txt> >> >
-- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Director Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list Dev@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
