I'm new to Drupal and re-developing a wine travel site with it. I'm developing with the mobile first philosophy and after much research it seems that Leaflet is a good fit. I'm going to use Google Maps because my existing site has GMaps and I'm familiar with it. I've found so little Leaflet information so far that I want to stick with the known for now.
Do I have the Leaflet stack figured out or missing something?
Drupal 7 and the required modules listed in the Leaflet module http://drupal.org/project/leaflet.
http://drupal.org/project/leaflet_geojson.
http://drupal.org/project/leaflet_googlemaps
Optional modules such as:
http://drupal.org/project/leaflet_markercluster
There is a fog of tools available such as OpenLayers, Tile Mill, Mapbox, Open Street Maps, etc. and it is difficult to sort out how the pieces fit together. Part of this confusion is due to them playing nice with each other. Trying to figure out mapping in Drupal is like trying to learn particle physics. This group has a wiki page on the Drupal Geo Stack but nothing useful for the newbie there.
Jim
Santa Clara, CA
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Presentation from Drupal Con Sydney
I seem to be looking at the same things you are -- I found this presentation from Drupal Con Sydney really useful for getting my head around all the pieces.
http://sydney2013.drupal.org/state-nation-mapping
Lanette
Thanks Lanette. I'm watching
Thanks Lanette. I'm watching Drupal sessions but didn't discover that Drupalcon. There is a list of the various options in this group wiki but that doesn't help with understanding what fits with what.
Jim
Do you have experience with views?
I'm asking this question, cause you said "I'm new to Drupal" and you may suffer from lack of views experience.
http://geoperformans.com
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Have a look at the modules here:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/251923
I've had success with a similar combo. For my current project I didn't even use Addressfield but simply a one-line text box with Geocoder autocomplete.
I don't personally use Drush but the video that the post links to might be helpful as well.
Thanks. I found that but as
Thanks. I found that but as soon as he went into Drush I was lost. I prefer the GUI because I won't get immersed in Drupal development like a freelancer or specialist would.
jim
i agree that the variety of
i agree that the variety of tools available to build maps with drupal can be confusing. but thats also because there are many ways to build a map and it really depends on the specifics of your use case.
leaflet_geojson is optional, it helps you build interactive maps using a bounding box strategy.
Right and there seems to be
Right and there seems to be an effort to explain what products to use with which use cases but it hasn't been fleshed out yet. I'm hoping this thread will help others struggling with this issue.
Leaflet GeoJson is confusing because I'm not sure what a bounding box strategy is. I don't know if I want it or not.
I put over 1,100 markers from a db on Google Maps for one of my own projects but never encountered that. I'm rather familiar with the Google Maps API. I feel sorry for those that don't even have that experience.
Jim