[geojquery] BOF @ FOSSGIS "GeoJQuery"

[Volker Mische]

Hi Eric,

we discussed that topic at the BOF. We came to the consensus that we
start with providing easier access to OpenLayers with a jQuery-ish API.
Probably heavily influenced by the work the gquery people are proposing.

The next step will be about building advanced features (Mapfosh-like)
based on that API.

Cheers,
  Volker

> Hi Till and others,
> 
> Thanks for creating this list, this is great. I'd like to share my
> thoughts regarding a geo jQuery lib, and hopefully get comments and
> opinions about them.
> 
> I see two possible objectives in developing a geo jQuery lib based on
> OpenLayers.
> 
> The first objective is having this lib wrap OpenLayers, and provide
> another, jQuery-styled, API to the OpenLayers functionality. Such a
> lib could facilitate adding maps to web pages, especially to people
> used to jQuery and not proficient with OpenLayers. The API could also
> provide shortcuts to OpenLayers features, making the development of
> typical things faster.
> 
> The second objective is to create a lib that doesn't attempt to wrap
> and hide OpenLayers, but attempts to provide new features, i.e.
> features that OpenLayers doesn't provide and will never provide, an
> advanced layer tree for example. This objective is actually the same
> as GeoExt's, from my viewpoint.
> 
> I'd personnally be more interested in the second objective, because I
> think this is where thr value is.
> 
> Why do you guys have in mind with this project? Are you favoring one
> objective over the other? Do you think both objectives can be pursued?
> 
> I'm interested in any idea you have on that?
> 
> Thanks,
>