Web Mapping with OpenLayers and Drupal

Submitted by zzolo on July 6, 2009 - 04:33

Your session in a few words:

Track:

Code it, test it, deploy it

Session Type:

Lecture

Level of expertise:

Intermediate

Language:

English

This session will be focused on demoing the new OpenLayers Drupal module. This module can allow you to "mashup" data from many sources and display a unique map with variable styling.

OpenLayers is a free, open-source JavaScript library that provides an API for displaying an interactive map and much, much more.

Some of the topics that will be discussed or demoed:

Map presets and options for how maps behave and look.
Input with maps and data storage.
Map displays with Views
Inline map with content filters.
The OpenLayers Drupal API.

Totally Sweet!

Submitted by phayes on July 13, 2009 - 05:25.

Totally Sweet!

Conference is sold out

Alan Palazzolo

Alan Palazzolo is a Lead Developer at Trellon and a lead maintainer of the OpenLayers Drupal module. Alan is a strong believer in open source, open data, coding standards, and responsible development. He also feels that data visualization is an important topic for the analysis and communication of the growing amount of data in our world.