[MapQuery] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapQuery 0.1.0 released

[Noli Sicad]

Hi Steven,

Nice start for MapQuery.

jQuery is easier to learn than ExtJS.

MapQuery would be good web client to QGIS (Map) Server, GeoServer and Mapserver.

I hope we can have "Print Widget" in the next release

One suggestion I think if would be better to include minified versions
of Openlayer and jQuery in the package. This would make newcomers
struggle to MapQuery easier. Right now, if you click / open the demo
(i.e. basic.html) is blank.

The Readme did not mentioned how to get the Mapquery starting. No
reference to these links. What is needed to make MapQuery runs.

<script src="../lib/openlayers/OpenLayers.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 <script src="../lib/jquery/jquery-1.4.4.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 <script src="../src/jquery.mapquery.core.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Thanks.

Noli


Steven Ottens  wrote:
> Hi Raj,
>
> MapQuery formally extends OpenLayers, it is similar in concept as GeoExt,
> but uses jQuery instead of Ext. The idea is to create a jQuery-style
> webmapping library which wraps around OpenLayers and extends it with
> functionality like layer managers, datagrids (NYI), legends etc. We try to
> make it easy to create a webmap-application with OpenLayers, without having
> to know all that OpenLayers has to offer.
> We aim at jQuery developers more than on people who are already well-versed
> in OpenLayers. As such we will provide a few simple functions which (we
> think) will be enough for 90% of the use-cases. The other 10% is not
> actively pursued, though one could directly access OpenLayers and do some of
> the advanced stuff we're not providing.
>
> Steven