[Geomoose-users] General question related to adding a Splash screen to GeoMoose upon startup.

Thu Oct 9 13:15:29 PDT 2014

For reference, here is some dated loading graphic details.  You can
see this or similar in action here, http://maps.co.crook.or.us/

The following will allow you to add a loading symbol to your maps.

Create the file MapLoading.js with the code below and place it in your
htdocs/extensions folder.

    // JavaScript Document
     LoadingExtension = new OpenLayers.Class(GeoMOOSE.UX.Extension, {
   load: function() {
   var loadingpanel = new OpenLayers.Control.LoadingPanel();
   Map.addControl(loadingpanel);
   },

   CLASS_NAME: "LoadingExtension"
    });

    GeoMOOSE.UX.register('LoadingExtension');
    var loadingpanel=new LoadingExtension();

Navigate to the OpenLayers website, download LoadingPanel.js and place
it in your htdocs/OpenLayers-2.8/lib/OpenLayers/Control folder.

Add any animated gif loading symbol to your htdocs/skins/myskin/images
folder. Here is a cool app that lets you create and download an
animated gif link

Add the folowing code to myskin.css:

   .olControlLoadingPanel {
       background-image:url(images/loading.gif);
       position: relative;
       width: 100px;
       height: 100px;
       left: 45%;
       top: 45%;
       background-position:center;
       background-repeat:no-repeat;
       display: none;
   }

Add the following javascript references to geomoose.html:

   <script type="text/javascript"
src="OpenLayers-2.8/lib/OpenLayers/Control/LoadingPanel.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="extensions/MapLoading.js"></script>

Eli

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Dan Little <theduckylittle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whoa.... ka-map....
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:24 AM, TC Haddad <tchaddad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I remembered seeing this sort of div in an old ka-map showing climate data.
>>
>> The process was:
>>
>> Turn on the info tool
>> Click or drag on one or several POIs
>> Small report shows in the side bar
>> Click the "Climate" icon in the small report
>> The large report appears in the on-screen splash div
>> Navigate between reports in your selection set (if you selected more than
>> one)
>> Close the splash div and return to the map
>>
>> Personally, I think it has a lot of potential. Here's the link to that map,
>> for the curious: http://clima.ominiverdi.org/ka-map/htdocs/
>>
>> T
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
>> <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
>>>
>>> Another couple of  thoughts,  Something like a “Get Info’ option on the
>>> Mac, where basic installation information might be viewed, even an “About”
>>> viewer could be included.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm . . . .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bobb
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>> [mailto:geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of TC Haddad
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 9:32 AM
>>> To: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] General question related to adding a Splash
>>> screen to GeoMoose upon startup.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Another use for this sort of splash Div would be to show content that does
>>> not easily fit in the side bar - sort of like an on-screen feature report,
>>> that contains lots of related information for a feature of interest. You
>>> would click on a feature, the splash screen would load all the goodies from
>>> some sort of report service, and then the whole thing could be closed and
>>> the user would be right back in the map with minimal disruption.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not everything fits in a map pop-up or side bar panel...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
>>> <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Dan,
>>>
>>> Most of the options I read about were suggestions to using a DIV that you
>>> swap out, which seems straightforward enough.  Doesn't seem like it needs to
>>> be included in the distro though, although, it does start me thinking on
>>> other things like using the DIV to indicate a presence online of a GeoMoose
>>> install, stuff like that could be contained in this other outer div separate
>>> from the main application interface.
>>>
>>> Another random though, I wonder if it couldn't also contain a sort of
>>> application console of sorts, similar to the stuff you implemented before
>>> Firebug existed.  I know there is the Firebug stuff, but I find myself
>>> testing on more than one browser these days, and even a simplified resource
>>> console would help.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll play around with setting something up and see where it goes.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> Bobb
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dan Little [mailto:theduckylittle at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 8:39 AM
>>> To: Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
>>> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] General question related to adding a Splash
>>> screen to GeoMoose upon startup.
>>>
>>> IIRC Brian Fischer and the Houston guys had an extension that did exactly
>>> that.  It's not too hard to do using either HTML/CSS tricks or some
>>> javascript.
>>>
>>> My long term hopes are always to have the application load fast enough
>>> that a splash screen isn't necessary.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
>>> <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
>>> > All,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Was wondering about general interest in the ability to add in a Splash
>>> > screen of some sort to GeoMoose upon startup.  Maybe as simple as an
>>> > image displaying for some amount of time upon page load.  Could be an
>>> > animated thing, GIF or PNG, maybe even SVG.  Would fade away to the
>>> > completely loaded interface once loaded in the background?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thoughts, ideas on the demo splash content.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Bobb
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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