[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers Case Studies

[Erik Uzureau]

This is an excellent work, chris. If we can get some companies to pitch in and
contribute some case studies, this will be a great help to the project. Really
good idea... big ups for doing the headwork to get the infrastructure for this
in place. :-)

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 08:48, Christopher Schmidt
<crschmidt at metacarta.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One comment I've gotten from people attempting to use OpenLayers in
> large organizations is that there is not a sufficient demonstration of
> OpenLayers usage in their environment.
>
> One of the commonly mentioned ways to resolve this difficulty is "Case
> Studies" -- expository pieces describing the use of OpenLayers within an
> organization. Previously, we didn't really have a home for these kinds
> of documents, so I hadn't pushed hard on them.
>
> With the new OpenLayers documentation website, I think that we have a
> possible home. (Others may disagree; I'm running with it for now.)
>
>  http://docs.openlayers.org/casestudies/
>
> Is a 'case studies' page. I've gotten the ball rolling by writing a case
> study for EveryBlock, with the support of Paul Smith.
>
> I'm interested in seeing more case studies written coming from
> organizations using OpenLayers. Did you choose OpenLayers over Google
> Maps -- or ESRI? Are you using OpenLayers in a way that helps save you
> time or money? Do you work for a major organization, and have an
> interesting use of OpenLayers?
>
> I'd love to see more case studies like this written, and would be
> willing to help people to get the text into place.
>
> If you're interested in sharing your story, please feel free to contact
> the mailing list. (If you feel uncomfortable sharing your story to the
> public for now, you can also contact me directly, but the mailing list
> is always a better place to start.)
>
> Looking forward to feedback on the existing case study, or feedback from
> you if you think your organization can be a case study.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Christopher Schmidt
> MetaCarta
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