[OpenLayers-Users] Google Summer of Code ideas?

[Adair, Mike]

How about OpenLayers packaged in a JSR-168 portlet?  Not too sure what's
involved there but portlets seem to be getting popular.

Mike 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at openlayers.org 
> [mailto:users-bounces at openlayers.org] On Behalf Of Chris Holmes
> Sent: March 8, 2007 6:22 PM
> To: John R. Frank
> Cc: users at openlayers.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Google Summer of Code ideas?
> 
> Awhile ago I talked to some Dojo people and mentioned 
> OpenLayers and they were interested in having it packaged as 
> a Dojo widget.  If there's someone who'd be willing to do 
> that work and maintain it I can get in touch with them again. 
>  The maintenance should be pretty minimal I'd imagine, and it 
> would probably be some good exposure, and would be a start 
> towards app widgets.
> 
> Chris
> 
> John R. Frank wrote:
> > 
> > I'd like to see more application layer components.  While there are 
> > many JS toolkits for making menus and draggable subwindows 
> and such, 
> > there are a few specific things that would be nice to have 
> a *modular* 
> > set of
> > *tested* components that were designed to work on top of 
> the OL core 
> > library.  I'm thinking of things like multiple maps in 
> little windows 
> > that drag around, big toolbars with cool features, fancy layer 
> > selecters, windows that can float on the map holding 
> different things, 
> > tree-based layer selection, symbol pallettes that allow 
> drag-on-to-the-map, etc.
> > 
> > Having a few choices for these "app widgets," built with different 
> > toolkits, like DoJo, Scriptaculous, Yahoo Widgets, etc, 
> would be nice 
> > for several reasons.  We could then see which widgets get 
> traction in 
> > discussions, patches, sandboxes.  This would community 
> collaboratively 
> > figure out useful approaches to using the library.  Most 
> importantly, 
> > we would establish the idea that app-layer widgets should also be 
> > shared as OS.
> > 
> > An intern could make a big dent in this project.  The interns' work 
> > would be outside the core library, so they'd be able to 
> operate independently.
> > We're well setup to have interns hacking in sandboxes.  I 
> can easily 
> > layout four person-months of projects of this type, and 
> with everyone 
> > else's help, we could describe two or three times that :)
> > 
> > John
> > 
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