On Tuesday, December 29, 2009, Bob Basques <bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote: > John (and others), > > I keep forgetting to relay this little tidbit. GeoMoose is built on top of > OpenLayers, so all of it's data sources are theoretically, feasible as > datsources as well. > > The Map View is all OpenLayers.
Hi everyone I should first mention that I'm one of the developpers of OpenLayers, GeoExt and MapFish. I recently took a quick look at GeoMoose (2.0). From my understanding GeoMoose provides an OpenLayers-based application that can be customized by editing configuration files. It provides an out-of-the-box solution that makes it easy for non-developers to create web-mapping applications with typical tools (search, measure distances/areas, etc.). People from GeoMoose, please correct me if my understanding is wrong or inaccurate. In contrast, GeoExt doesn't provide an application, it provides a JavaScript library, based on which developers can create applications. GeoExt is complementary to OpenLayers, it brings RIA (Rich Internet Applications) type components, like a layer tree, a legend panel, a feature grid, etc. I think the GeoExt examples concretely show what GeoExt provides and how to use GeoExt. MapFish is a complete framework for creating web-mapping apps. I won't describe MapFish in detail here, but I just want to make it clear that MapFish does not either provide an application, it is a framework for developers to create OpenLayers- and GeoExt-based web-mapping user interfaces. Basically MapFish provides tools to create "ready-to-extend" web-mapping apps, and to create web services for searching and editing geographic objects. Thanks, and west wishes to all for 2010, -- Eric Lemoine Camptocamp France SAS Savoie Technolac, BP 352 73377 Le Bourget du Lac, Cedex Tel : 00 33 4 79 44 44 96 Mail : eric.lemo...@camptocamp.com http://www.camptocamp.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss