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Chris,<br>
Thanks for your Openlayers Overview text.<br>
<br>
I've reviewed and added suggested changes as below. (Feel free to
revert if you disagree with my suggestions). In particular, I've tried
to add a bit of a "user benefits" (why is pure JS good?).<br>
I've also included a Core Features section. I suspect you will want to
refine this list of functionality.<br>
<br>
Source text is at:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/overview">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/overview</a><br>
<br>
<h2>Browser GIS Client<a class="headerlink"
href="cid:part1.06060904.03040106@gmail.com"
title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>OpenLayers makes it easy for web developers to embed dynamic maps,
from a multitude of sources, in any web page. OpenLayers provides an
extensive list of mapping tools and widgets, similar to Google Maps.
All functionally runs inside the web browser, which makes OpenLayers
easy to install, without any server side dependencies.</p>
<p>OpenLayers is renound for its comprehensive testing and release
cycles, ensuring stability across the hundreds of different browser
versions.</p>
<div class="section" id="core-features">
<h3>Core Features<a class="headerlink"
href="cid:part2.08080709.02030109@gmail.com"
title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Loads map layers from many sources:
<ul>
<li>Google, Bing, Yahoo</li>
<li>WMST, WFS, WFS-T WMS, GeoRSS, GML</li>
<li>ArcGIS, Images, MapGuide, MapServer, TileCache, VirtualEarth,
WorldWind,</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Tools
<ul>
<li>Pan, Zoom, Draw, Edit, Save, ...</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Popups</li>
<li>Markers</li>
<li>Reprojections</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br>
Original Text:<br>
<h1>OpenLayers<a class="headerlink"
href="cid:part3.06080709.02000403@gmail.com"
title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<h2>Web map engine<a class="headerlink"
href="cid:part4.09020608.06010209@gmail.com"
title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>OpenLayers makes it easy to put a dynamic map in any web page. It
can display
map tiles and markers loaded from any source. OpenLayers is a pure
JavaScript
library for displaying map data in most modern web browsers, with no
server-side dependencies. OpenLayers implements a JavaScript API for
building
rich web-based geographic applications, similar to the Google Maps API.</p>
<br>
<p>Furthermore, OpenLayers implements industry-standard methods for
geographic
data access, such as the OpenGIS Consortium’s Web Mapping Service (WMS)
and Web
Feature Service (WFS) protocols. Under the hood, OpenLayers is written
in
object-oriented JavaScript.</p>
<p>As a framework, OpenLayers is intended to separate map tools from
map data so
that all the tools can operate on all the data sources. This separation
breaks
the proprietary silos that earlier GIS revolutions have taught
civilization to
avoid. The mapping revolution on the public Web should benefit from the
experience of history.</p>
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