openlayers

I've been recently inquired for a new project where a large number of geo-referentiated items should be placed on a map. In detail, there is a large dataset of a few hundred thousand equipments (around 0.5 million) that must be represented on a map and searchable on that same map. Each equipment is considered to be a full node with it's own data (manufacturer name, model, year built, ...).
These equipments can be grouped by some criteria, but it may happen that the users request the visibility of a huge quantity of them at the same time.

Hi, all. I've just started playing around with the OpenLayers Geocoder module to input locations, and one of its features is auto-filling-in address fields. You can read more about that in the announcement of OpenLayers.

Currently, however, OpenLayers Geocoder won't auto-fill-in address fields located in either location.module (#1030432) or addresses.module (#910308).

Hello everyone...

I'm starting with OpenLayers, i have created some layers, presets and styles, then created some custom content types and show a map view where i can see nodes according its coordinates.
I would like to add some lines between the dots represented on the map, using a vector layer with the idea to could remove the lines using behaviors. I don't know wich is the better aproach to do this.

Hi guys,

hope you can help me out with a question about setting markers on openlayer maps for certain nodes.
When using gmap it is possible to choose a marker which will represent that node on a map. That marker type is associated with the node and will show up e.g. on maps created with views.

Now my question is, how do I realise something similar with openlayers?

G'Day all,

Sorry to start with a basic context problem, but I don't seem to be able to get myself oriented by reading the OpenLayers docos.

Here's the quick version of the problem:

1. We already have a full Geoserver (and GeoNetwork) installation. And we're busy loading data layers into GeoServer and creating metadata in GeoNetwork. So that's going fine.

But the GeoNetwork interface is basically a very geeky catalog. What we need is a very simple/clean map viewer/explorer. I'm trying to set up a single View on OpenLayers to provide this.

G'Day all,

Sorry to start with a basic context problem, but I don't seem to be able to get myself oriented by reading the OpenLayers docos.

Here's the quick version of the problem:

1. We already have a full Geoserver (and GeoNetwork) installation. And we're busy loading data layers into GeoServer and creating metadata in GeoNetwork. So that's going fine.

But the GeoNetwork interface is basically a very geeky catalog. What we need is a very simple/clean map viewer/explorer. I'm trying to set up a single View on OpenLayers to provide this.

Has anyone managed to get the openlayers.js down to less than, say, 300k for use with the openlayers module?

Using the min.conf option with python build script pumps out a respectable 120k .js file ... but it doesn't work at all with Drupal Openlayers.

The library.conf option outputs a .js file "weighing" about 800k. This works with Drupal Openlayers module, but it is hardly worth the effort, saving only about 120kb.

Keen to hear form others re any other experiences in optimising openlayers.js

:) S.

I would like to implement a "behavior" to my openalayers map to load/display locations depending on the zoom level and map area. You can see an example here:
http://yellow.local.ch/en/q/Z%C3%BCrich/Restaurant.html

If you zoom in, the map as well the list of restaurants gets updated.

Such a behavior (at least for the map) was also implemented in Drupal with gmap and views at opengreenmap.org: http://www.opengreenmap.org/greenmap/ by tom_o_t.

Quick question: Does OpenLayers play nice with Views Arguments.

Anyone got a technique to share?

Hello

I am currently running a website (http://archtlas.com) which relies on Location to store location data and GMAP to display it. I'd like to start using OpenLayers instead, because they are more complete and more customizable. I guess I could keep on using Location and OpenLayers, but I'd also like to make address input more user friendly, and there is where the questions come: