This is an excellent work, chris. If we can get some companies to pitch in and contribute some case studies, this will be a great help to the project. Really good idea... big ups for doing the headwork to get the infrastructure for this in place. :-)
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 08:48, Christopher Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > One comment I've gotten from people attempting to use OpenLayers in > large organizations is that there is not a sufficient demonstration of > OpenLayers usage in their environment. > > One of the commonly mentioned ways to resolve this difficulty is "Case > Studies" -- expository pieces describing the use of OpenLayers within an > organization. Previously, we didn't really have a home for these kinds > of documents, so I hadn't pushed hard on them. > > With the new OpenLayers documentation website, I think that we have a > possible home. (Others may disagree; I'm running with it for now.) > > http://docs.openlayers.org/casestudies/ > > Is a 'case studies' page. I've gotten the ball rolling by writing a case > study for EveryBlock, with the support of Paul Smith. > > I'm interested in seeing more case studies written coming from > organizations using OpenLayers. Did you choose OpenLayers over Google > Maps -- or ESRI? Are you using OpenLayers in a way that helps save you > time or money? Do you work for a major organization, and have an > interesting use of OpenLayers? > > I'd love to see more case studies like this written, and would be > willing to help people to get the text into place. > > If you're interested in sharing your story, please feel free to contact > the mailing list. (If you feel uncomfortable sharing your story to the > public for now, you can also contact me directly, but the mailing list > is always a better place to start.) > > Looking forward to feedback on the existing case study, or feedback from > you if you think your organization can be a case study. > > Regards, > -- > Christopher Schmidt > MetaCarta > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
