[OpenLayers-Dev] new editing/digitzing functionnalities

[Pierre GIRAUD]

I created a new wiki page :
http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Future/AdvancedEditing

Don't hesitate to complete/comment/add remarks.

Regards

Pierre

On 8/1/07, Burgholzer,Robert <rwburgholzer at deq.virginia.gov> wrote:
> Not sure if you are following this, but this site possesses the
> drag/add/remove vertices features that you desire:
>
> http://www.bnhelp.cz/mapserv/pokusy/openlayers/digitalizace/
>
> It also has snapping, but I have not yet figured out how to use it.
>
> r.b.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev-bounces at openlayers.org [mailto:dev-bounces at openlayers.org] On
> Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:05 PM
> To: Pierre GIRAUD
> Cc: dev at openlayers
> Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] new editing/digitzing functionnalities
>
> I'm +1 for adding this functionality.
>
> Pierre GIRAUD wrote:
> > Dear OpenLayers developers,
> >
> > For one of the projects we are currently working on, we need to add
> > some functionnalities to OpenLayers.
> > Before we start, I would like to expose to you those different
> > elements. We think that they could be part of the future of OpenLayers
> > and integrated as is (or with little rewrite) in a forthcoming
> > release.
> >
> > The aim of this mail is to start a discussion on this. We hope that
> > with such an approach, we'll be able to develop the needed
> > functionnalities with the agreement of the developpers community.
> > We want to discuss with you all about use cases, design preferences,
> > and especially if it is has a chance to be integrated in the trunk or
> > if it is more like application level elements.
> >
> > Here are listed the functionnalities, note that they mainly concern
> > editing tools :
> >
> >  - snapping: the user can draw or modify a vector feature geometry
> > with snapping enabled.
> > We first need vertice snapping only, but we can also think about
> > segment snapping.
> > Found this definition : http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidexe/term?846
> >
> >  - drag/add/remove vertice
> >
> >  - create island/donut polygons (polygon hole cutter)
> >
> > If, in your opinion, those functionnalities are to be accepted in the
> > trunk, I'll give more details on how we imagine to implement them.
> > Side note : some of the previously listed tools were already added by
> > Bertil and I in the first vector branch (late 2006).
> >
> > Tim, you just created a wiki page to list ideas for the future of
> > OpenLayers. Do the current considerations have to be added there ?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Pierre
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