[geojquery] To plug in or not to plug in?

[Volker Mische]

Hi Milo,

Milo van der Linden wrote:
> I am not sure I have a clear view of the focus for the geojquery
> project, but this is my perspective:
> 
> Creating a full swing browser GIS that mimics the capabilities of a
> desktop GIS is in my personal opinion *stupid*. I see a lot of those
> nowadays, but the most successful webgisses focus on user experience
> rather than bringing GIS to the browser. I prefer joining up with
> user-experience experts and graphical designers when creating solutions.

I've a different opinion :)

> As far as I am concerned, I am looking for the following options in
> geojquery:
> - A simple integration of a map object in the jquery api
> - using the jquery api to enhance getlegendgraphics, getcapabilities or
> getfeatureinfo requests

This is what we are refering as the first approach (we should really
give the two approaches a name).

> As for the rest; I have no need at all for geojquery to hand me a GUI. I
> am perfectly capable at (and want the freedom to) create eye-candy gui's
> tailor made for customer needs.

You might not have the need, so you won't need to use it. Others may
have the nees, so they'll use it.

Cheers,
  Volker