Just saying hi and letting you know that I'm really enthusiastic about
openlayers. I used to use the gmap api for my projects (including
WikiMap, a geographical wiki). I decided to use openlayers but still
use the google data. When there's opensource data that is as good as
Googles, I can easily switch. As a first test, I integrated a simple
map in a WordPress blog for some friends that are going to travel to
Africa in a Citroën as part of an art project (the good life!).
<br><br>Would it be a good idea to create some plugins/themes for
widely used Open Source Software (like WordPress and MediaWiki) to
promote openlayers? Is this already being done?<br><br>I am planning
to base WikiMap on the openlayers API. WikiMap is an opensource
php/mysql application that allows users to click in a map to add
locations, a lot like a textual wiki. Right now the code is a mess (I
learned php by writing WikiMap), it is based on the gmap api and well...it
looks a bit old fashioned :-). It works well though and I think it has
much potential. It has lots of features (install script, export to xml,
google earth, rss, revision history, link to marker, create marker
through link, etc.).
<div><span><br>Apart from using the openlayers API, I am planning to use an
existing php/mysql wiki with bloglike comment function for the
wiki-functionality and add more functionality (comments, tags, user
overlays, personal/public markers, etc.).
<br><br>I would like you to ask two things:<br><br>1. Would you like to contribute to this project or do you have technical tips?<br>2. What features do you want to see in a geographical wiki?<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>Robert Buzink
<br><br>WikiMap: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikimap" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikimap</a><br>WordPress integration: <a href="http://www.wikimaas.org/Paint_the_Eend/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.wikimaas.org/Paint_the_Eend/
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