Please do not abuse me for this posting. I am serious, and have spent a lot of time investigating resources, examples, html and js support, etc. I am not asking for specific code help, but would like to start a discussion about the way the Openlayers community communicates. <br>
<br>I do not have a coding background, I am training in mapping. I also do some volunteer web work, and appreciate the effort put in. In fact, my reason for wanting to make web maps is a volunteer project for the <a href="http://khuts.org">Kosciuszko Huts Association</a>. I am not criticising, just highlighting some areas that would make what appears to be a great opensource project easier to come to grips with.<br>
<br> But I am finding trying to get a reasonably simple OL map up and running very difficult.<br><br>One of the maps I am working on is <a href="http://quartzspatial.net/home/maps/khamobilemap.html">here</a>. I
want this map to be available as an android app, where there is no
internet access. The initial things I would like to do are add
geolocation, remove the mapnik layer, increase the size of the
navigation and layer switcher icons and label the mountains. But I have
had no success with any of these things. <br><br>The examples are useful, but every time I try to add a piece of functionality, my map goes blank. Occassionally this is because I have not closed brackets. I can fix that. But most of the time I cannot work out what is wrong. <br>
<br>I think that there are a few problems here: <br><br>1. Examples do not share a common structure, so adding a piece of text from one does not necessarily work with an existing page developed from another example. <br>2. Examples rarely contain enough comments to explain what each section does. It would be really nice if the eamples clearly stated which sections were needed for the functionality, and which were the base sections for displaying data. <br>
3. For me at least, documentation is easier to use than the examples. <br>4. Openlayers.mobile.js is mentioned, and some examples given, but very little support. The script is a lightweight version (which makes perfect sense if you do not want to do much with the map). However I want some of the features in this script, and some from the full script. Again, I cannot work out how to incorporate sections of a full working example. <br>
5. I cannot find a simple method for searching the archives for this
list. The "Search Mailing Lists" at the User discussion page returns an
HTTP Error: 500. Why is it an email list rather than a forum?<br><br>I realise that it is not as interesting, but improving the documentation is to me more important than creating new functionality. I would become involved, but do not have the skills required. <br>
<br>Regards,<br>-- <br>Narelle Irvine<br><br><div style="display:inline"></div><div style="padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;color:black;font-size:10px;text-align:left;line-height:130%">
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