geo

I really, really need some guidance.
I have a zipp file containing .shx .shp .phx and .dbf

I searched the modules for finding out witch module would take a GIS file like this, and found the GEO module.

I installed the module and uploaded the GIS zip file without problem.

The GIS file contains markers and info i like to put on a map.
Now here starts my trouble, i just can figure out how to show those markers and info on a map ?

I tried the mapstraction and open layers, but is confused.
I didnt manage to get any sense or map out of either these modules.

Duration: 1 hr

There are now loads of different ways to do mapping and deal with geographic data in Drupal. One of the most interesting new(ish) approaches is the OpenLayers module (http://drupal.org/project/openlayers). It integrates the open source OpenLayers javascript library (http://openlayers.org) with views, CCK, and all the other Drupal goodness that we know and love. The thing that got me excited about OpenLayers is how easy it is to customize and extend. It integrates with MapBox (http://mapbox.com) - a service being developed by DevSeed (that recently won a $74,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to further this work). Why is this all so exciting? Come along to the session and learn how to set this up in Drupal and discuss the potential applications.

We're working very hard on the 2.x revision of the OpenLayers module, and it's becoming more useful by the day. Here's the current backlog for a 2.x release that I'm working on currently:

Behavior upgrade (rewrite)

OpenLayers advanced behaviors, which were formerly in the openlayers_behaviors module, have been generally rewritten for simplicity and compatibility with the 2.x branch.

Geotaxonomy Editing

Hi all,

I've been enabling and disabling geo, location, geocoding and mapping modules for the last couple of days, but have not been able to find a combination allowing me implementing this with Drupal 6:

1. a user should be able to either enter a new location by searching with its name and/or address, OR
2. by pinpointing it on a map.

Path 1. Searching by name and/or address
- The search should start with a simple text field. The user enters a name of a place and maybe its address or parts of it.

Hi,

I have a real estate website on drupal 6 using the Location module to collect the postcode, and use the UK database to store the lat/long to the node, and that works pretty well.

However I have had a couple of issues, which are that I am finding it difficult to make changes to the form that collects the Location on the new node form, and secondly I have a database of full postcodes (eg XX1 YY2) rather than the just the postal areas (eg XX1) given by the default Location postcode databases for the UK which I would like to make use of.

My objective is to create a site that would allow people to rate the environmental factors of their immediate physical space.

Example use:

Help move Drupal a crucial step closer to being a true Geospatial CMS!

The Drupal community and the Twin Cities Drupal Group invites us all for Geo June, a month-long series of events and collaborative projects. There will be coding, documenting and demonstrating solutions for data collection and mapping.

You can join in the fun by helping the issue queue for Geo and related modules, or by participating in other ways:

Hi everyone!

At DrupalCON DC, we demoed some of the work we've been doing on Geo and related modules. We'd like to get these modules to a stable and dependable state so that other mapping solutions, such as GMAP and Openlayers can also be stable and well-supported.

Hi everyone,

I'm creating a new website aimed at listing local advertising options for small business owners. Below, I'll give a synopsis of my intended site (mapping) features, the core drupal mapping functions that I believe I'll need, and my implementation options as I see them.

My 2 questions are:

1) Am I missing anything? (Are there any core mapping functions or implementation options that I haven't thought about or that I'm just plain wrong about?)

Hi Everyone,

I've developed a module called Geo GUI (http://drupal.org/project/geo_gui). You can download from csv from /contributions/modules/geo_gui.

It uses OpenLayers so that you can draw on a map for inputting polygon, line, and point information in the geo CCK fields. So instead of using WKT to input complex geometries, we can simply draw.

I would love some feedback!