I am a noob too , but I thought Id tell you what I know. I am running FGS and it works great. To install openlayers , I simply copied all the the javascripts ( http://openlayers.org/download/OpenLayers-2.8.tar.gz ) into my /www/htdocs path and then access them in a browser. There are some examples in there. Navigate in your browser to the /examples folder , there are a BUNCH of things to look through and learn. You should check out ".../examples/draw-feature.html" , that will show you how to draw geometry. openalyers is all in javascript as far as I understand it.
Good luck Alex G wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am new to GIS (a total noob) and I just recently installed FGS on my > linux dev machine. I am in the steps of creating a new application - I > have loaded my own shapefiles and everything seems to be working fine. > > Now I need to add functionality to be able to draw points and lines and > saving that data to a database for later use (probably load them on the > map later). I think OpenLayers is the best solution for me but I am having > trouble setting it up, so I am asking if someone knows of any guides or > could help me with a few simple instructions to integrate OpenLayers into > my FGS PHP page (if this is what needs to be done). > > I am guessing it's not as simple as loading the JS on the page. The > example on the OL site seems to be loading from a mapserver URL? My > installation can be accessed (internally) by using the URL > http://mapserver:8080/ so I guess > > I am a little (a lot actually) lost here so any help is appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > Alex > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/OpenLayers-on-FGS-installation-tp3769442p3770716.html Sent from the OpenLayers Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
