[Live-demo] OpenLayers updates for 5.5

[Roald de Wit]

Hi Cameron and list,

On 31/01/12 21:43, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> I can see merit in this, but I'm concerned about robustness of examples.
>
> We want to make sure that OSGeo-Live works robustly, whether connected 
> to the web or not.
> I suspect that most demos will be missing online basemaps at the very 
> least? We could possibly live with that, if we include a statement 
> saying "these demos need to be online to work". Are there any other 
> reasons that cause the demos not to work? Maybe source maps or source 
> domains might become deprecated?

It is true that most demos will require a working Internet connection.

On top of that, some demos will use AJAX (XHR) requests that can only 
work with a proxy script. OpenLayers comes with such a proxy script that 
we can use.

>
> We don't want a new user to accidentally come across a demo which is 
> broken (maybe due to OL being upgraded and the demo not working any 
> more). There are 182 OL demos, and we don't have the man power to 
> manually test all 182 demos with each osgeo-live release. Do we have 
> any confidence that all demos should work?
Pretty much as much confidence as the online OpenLayers examples page 
(provided that we have a working proxy and Internet connection).

>
> However, for any significant update, I suggest waiting until the 
> following osgeolive 6.0 release (due in Sept 2012)
I agree and will therefore only make the bare minimum changes to get 
OpenLayers upgraded to 2.11.

In reply to Cameron's offline email:

On 03/02/12 07:11, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Thanks for your update, I didn't realise that Openlayers can't access 
> Yahoo Maps any more.
Nothing can access Yahoo Maps any more:
http://thetechjournal.com/internet/yahoo-shutting-down-maps-apis.xhtml

> I'd encourage you to also add yourself as an author. I realise that 
> you are only changing a few words this time, but maintaining is very 
> valuable, and is worth attributing. Also, we gain value in advertising 
> the project when we credit the large number of people who have worked 
> on the project. Your call.
I've added my name to the overview document.

> Also,
> You mentioned that OpenLayers 2.11 has Mobile support? I think that is 
> work mentioning under Core Features. Maybe say:
> * Optimised to work within mobile devices
Done that (different wording though).

I think that the OpenLayers install script and overview document are 
ready for 5.5. Please review.

Regards, Roald