[OpenLayers-Dev] OpenLayers on FGS installation

[keithlegg]

I am a noob too , but I thought Id tell you what I know.

I am running FGS and it works great. To install openlayers , I simply copied
all the the javascripts (
http://openlayers.org/download/OpenLayers-2.8.tar.gz ) into my /www/htdocs
path and then access them in a browser. There are some examples in there.
Navigate in your browser to the /examples folder , there are a BUNCH of
things to look through and learn. You should check out
".../examples/draw-feature.html" , that will show you how to draw geometry.
openalyers is all in javascript as far as I understand it. 

Good luck 




Alex G wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am new to GIS (a total noob) and I just recently installed FGS on my
> linux dev machine. I am in the steps of creating a new application - I
> have loaded my own shapefiles and everything seems to be working fine.
> 
> Now I need to add functionality to be able to draw points and lines and
> saving that data to a database for later use (probably load them on the
> map later). I think OpenLayers is the best solution for me but I am having
> trouble setting it up, so I am asking if someone knows of any guides or
> could help me with a few simple instructions to integrate OpenLayers into
> my FGS PHP page (if this is what needs to be done).
> 
> I am guessing it's not as simple as loading the JS on the page. The
> example on the OL site seems to be loading from a mapserver URL? My
> installation can be accessed (internally) by using the URL
> http://mapserver:8080/ so I guess 
> 
> I am a little (a lot actually) lost here so any help is appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Alex
> 

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