[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers Case Studies

[Brad Spencer]

Guys,

 

Here is another from downunder if you need more.

 

http://demos.numaps.com.au/numaps_case_study.html

 

Merry Chistmas...

 

Brad

 

From: users-bounces at openlayers.org [mailto:users-bounces at openlayers.org] On
Behalf Of Nathan Gerber
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:00 AM
To: Christopher Schmidt
Cc: users at openlayers.org
Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers Case Studies

 

Ask and you shall receive.

ZedX, Inc. provides a number of web services to clients in the agriculture
industry. We chose OpenLayers because the company has a strong preference
for utilizing OpenSource projects. It also allowed us the flexibility to
adjust the interface and make additions to the API where necessary to fit
our needs. We typically use the API for displaying maps via WMS servers with
orthos, roads, streams, political boundaries, locations of pests (such as
soybean rust), data recorded by clients such as where they applied chemicals
with their tractors, and recommended chemical applications for the clients.
We also use OpenLayers to allow our clients to create and modify their
fields (paddocks for those of you in Australia) within our products where it
is required.

So while we don't make full use of everything OpenLayers is capable of, we
put it to good use utilizing what we need.
--
Nathan Gerber
Technical Lead for Agricultural Services
ZedX, Inc. http://www.zedxinc.com



On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Christopher Schmidt
<crschmidt at metacarta.com> 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
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