[OpenLayers-Users] Mapping website visitors with OpenLayers?

[Alexandre Leroux]

Hi list,

I'd like your advice on my next OpenLayers mission :-) What would be the 
best way to map a thousand points using OpenLayers? In case you wonder, 
those points would simply be, say, the last 1000 visitors of a website. 
So there's no need for popups or big markers. A simple static 
unclickable dot might do.

Would using a thousand markers from a textfile with 
OpenLayers.Layer.Text be advisable? Is there another mean with 
OpenLayers that would be more appropriate that I haven't discovered? 
Would there be a way to generate "density maps" (the density of visitors 
in that case; colored pixels based on the number of dots below each 
pixel) directly with OpenLayers?


I've looked at all the examples. I've been quite impressed by OpenLayers 
so far (e.g. layer opacity, getfeatureinfo, overview maps). 
Congratulations :-)

Thank you for your feedback!

Alex
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Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
Division de la réponse aux urgences environnementales /
Environmental Emergency Response Division
alexandre.leroux at ec.gc.ca