Hey Karsten,
Let me first point out that I am in the process of wrapping up Maps (and
Semantic Maps) for their 2.0 release. These will include the new features
Kim added, amongst which the Special:MapEditor page using Google Maps. This
means that any additions you make will be for a release after 2.0 (which
might not matter much to you as you can happily run the latest version of
your own code or the extension itself).
Adding another editor using OpenLayers would be awesome. There are however
two points that when taken into account will make it even more fantastic:
* Having different editing tools for different mapping services is awkward,
it's nicer to have one interface that can just switch mapping service (much
like the existing (non-editing) interfaces).
* The editor Kim created can eat and output wikitext. This allows users to
get the wikitext they need to embed a map without actually understanding it
or having to write it all out. They do need to actually navigate to another
page, so the UX here has lot's of room for improvement. A kind of inline
editor would be amazing.
To address your question on loading JavaScript, I suggest you have a look
at how this is done with the current map editor. As David Mason mentioned,
loading of JavaScript is done though the resource loader [0]. To get review
and support, it's best that you develop this in the WMF hosted git
repository of Maps [1]. You can find more info on the git workflow here
[2]. If you just want to play around and possibly break some things, I'd be
happy to create a branch for you on gerrit.
[0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Resource_loader
[1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/Maps.git
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git
Cheers
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Jeroen De Dauw
http://www.bn2vs.com
Don't panic. Don't be evil.
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