Building a Module
Submitted by zzolo on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 03:01An In-Depth Look at Developing the OpenLayers Drupal Module
I was asked to do a presentation on coding in Drupal for our local Drupal user group. "Coding" is a pretty general topic, and the audience at our user group is pretty varied. So, I was not sure what specifically I should present that would encompass "coding". Read more »
Mapping Implementation Options
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 18:55Hi everyone,
I'm creating a new website aimed at listing local advertising options for small business owners. Below, I'll give a synopsis of my intended site (mapping) features, the core drupal mapping functions that I believe I'll need, and my implementation options as I see them.
My 2 questions are:
1) Am I missing anything? (Are there any core mapping functions or implementation options that I haven't thought about or that I'm just plain wrong about?) Read more »
How could you use the Plings API to create a great application?
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 19:28If you had an API which fed in listings of events going on all around the country what would you do with it? And how would you deliver it to the end user? Mash it up with Google Maps? Flickr? Facebook? Twitter?
Geo Use Case Scenarios
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 21:55As momentum continues to grow in the development community to improve existing geo-related Drupal modules and build new ones, real-world use-case scenarios are necessary to help keep work focused and relevant.
We need your examples. How would you use geospatial data in Drupal? What are your scenarios? Add your use-cases here to help direct programming and, perhaps, have your example show up on a demo site. Read more »
Announcing Geo June
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 22:50Hi everyone!
At DrupalCON DC, we demoed some of the work we've been doing on Geo and related modules. We'd like to get these modules to a stable and dependable state so that other mapping solutions, such as GMAP and Openlayers can also be stable and well-supported. Read more »
Theming Gmap pop-ups
Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 04:43I've been wrestling with theming the pop-up for a Gmap view. There are some tutorials, but they seem like total overkill for my problem.
I want to get some people's feedback on the ways they've gone about making small changes to their map. I think there are quite a few people out there who want to make small changes to their map. Read more »
Sponsors
Geo June is made possible by individuals and organizations who are providing financial support for module development. This is more than a donation, it's the opportunity to ensure that the functionality you depend on is stable and available in Geo and related modules. Read more »
Geo
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 22:14The geo module is the next generation geospatial module for Drupal. Like Location, it provides storage for points, but it also supports lines and polygons.
Geocode
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 22:17This module implements an API to convert the information you already have into geographic information. It support a variety of input formats and runs them through pluggable backends to produce geographic information. In addition to Latitude / Longitude points, this API also supports more complex geographies such as lines and polygons. Read more »
GMap + Geo
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 22:18Gmap_geo provides a Google Map location picker widget for Geo point fields and a Google Maps-based output formatter for point, line, and polygon fields.
Gmap_geo adds functionality to Geo CCK fields, so to use its functionality you will edit a content type. Read more »
