1. Drupal
and the
Geospatial Web
Jeff Miccolis @miccolis
Development Seed
Andrew Turner @ajturner
FortiusOne - GeoCommons

2. Jeff Miccolis
@miccolis
Development Seed
Andrew Turner
@ajturner
FortiusOne - GeoCommons

3. Drupal...
@miccolis
photourl

4. Why maps?

7. Drupal
CMS
Gmap module
Module
Google maps
Display
Google‘s mapdata
Data

10. Drupal
CMS
Custom module
Module
Custom php script
Display
Young’s drawing
Data

12. Drupal
CMS
Custom
Module
mapnik
Display
Map data somebody
Data
had...

13. mapnik?
• “Mapnik is a Free Toolkit for developing
mapping applications. Above all Mapnik is
about making beautiful maps. “
• http://mapnik.org/

15. We’ve got problems.
• Language
• History
• Usage
• Privacy
• Look

18. We’ve got problems.
• Language
• History
• Usage
• Privacy
• Look

19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_VA.svg

22. We’ve got problems.
• Language
• History
• Usage
• Privacy
• Look

25. We’ve got problems.
• Language
• History
• Usage
• Privacy
• Look

26. http://www.flickr.com/photos/vonbergendotnet/2496411369/

27. We’ve got problems.
• Language
• History
• Usage
• Privacy
• Look

32. Drupal
CMS
?
Module
Cloudmade
Display
Open Street Maps
Data

33. We’ve got problems.
• Language
• History
• Usage
• Privacy
• Look

34. We’ve got options.
• CMS
• Modules
• Display
• Data

35. kidding :)

36. We’ve got options.
• CMS
• Modules
• Display
• Data

37. Drupal
CMS
Gmap module
Module
Google maps
Display
Google’s mapdata
Data

38. Drupal
CMS
Mapstraction module
Module
Google maps
Display
Google’s mapdata
Data

39. mapstraction?
• “Mapstraction is a library that provides a
common API for various javascript mapping
APIs to enable switching from one to
another as smoothly as possible.”
• Support for eleven mapping providers.
• http://www.mapstraction.com/
• http://drupal.org/project/mapstraction

41. We’ve got options.
• CMS
• Modules
• Display
• Data

42. Drupal
CMS
Mapstraction module
Module
Cloudmade
Display
Open Street Maps
Data

43. Drupal
CMS
Mapstraction module
Module
Free Earth
Display
Satellite imagery
Data

45. Drupal
CMS
Mapstraction module
Module
Free Earth
Display
Satellite imagery
Data

46. Drupal
CMS
Nice map module
Module
NASA
Display
Satellite imagery
Data

47. Nice map?
• “Nice Map is a WMS client for Drupal.”
• http://drupal.org/project/nicemap

48. WMS?
• “An Open Geospatial Consortium Web
Map Service (WMS) produces maps of
spatially referenced data dynamically from
geographic information.”
• http://www.opengeospatial.org/

50. We’ve got options.
• CMS
• Modules
• Display
• Data

51. Drupal
CMS
Nice map module
Module
Mapnik
Display
Data Whatever I can get my
hands on!

53. We’ve got options.
• CMS
• Modules
• Display
• Data

54. Was he really kidding
about Drupal?

57. cut to Andrew...

58. ...and the Geospatial Web
@ajturner
photourl

59. What is this Geospatial Web?

60. The Web

61. The Drupal Web http://www.aharef.info

62. The Geospatial Web

63. unread POI’s 1000+

64. Life Digitized

65. OK - so how is the Geospatial Web different?

66. Formats
http://flickr.com/photos/wolfsoul/1352149315

67. Create
Exif GeoRSS KML GPX Geocoding
Publish
GeoRSS KML Microformats MachineTags
Aggregate
GML KML GeoRSS WFS GeoJSON
Consume

68. !
Standards Organizations

69. NOAA WMS

70. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/eog/maps/cgi-bin/public/ms/
poster?LAYERS=nighttime_lights_f152003
&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1
&REQUEST=GetMap
&STYLES=&EXCEPTIONS=application
%2Fvnd.ogc.se_inimage
&FORMAT=image%2Fjpeg
&SRS=EPSG%3A4326
&BBOX=53.81333333,-90.000,170.7208,26.906666&WIDT
H=256&HEIGHT=256
WMS Request

71. Where’s my vector data?
http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/02/04/100000000-geotagged-photos-plus/

72. http://giswebservices.massgis.state.ma.us/geoserver/wfs?
request=getfeature&version=1.0.0&service=wfs&propertyna
me=TOWN,POP2000&typename=massgis:GISDATA.TOWN
S_POLYM&filter=%3CFilter+xmlns=%22http://
www.opengis.net/ogc%22%3E%3CPropertyIsGreaterThan
%3E%3CPropertyName%3EPOP2000%3C/PropertyName
%3E%3CLiteral%3E100000%3C/Literal%3E%3C/
PropertyIsGreaterThan%3E%3C/Filter%3E
WFS Request

73. <?xml version=quot;1.0quot; encoding=quot;UTF-8quot;?>
<wfs:FeatureCollection xmlns:wfs=quot;http://www.opengis.net/wfsquot; xmlns:gml=quot;http://www.opengis.net/gmlquot;
xmlns:massgis=quot;http://massgis.state.ma.us/featuretypequot;
xmlns:xsi=quot;http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instancequot;
xsi:schemaLocation=quot;http://massgis.state.ma.us/featuretype http://giswebservices.massgis.state.ma.us/
geoserver/wfs/DescribeFeatureType?typeName=massgis:GISDATA.TOWNS_POLYM http://www.opengis.net/wfs http://
giswebservices.massgis.state.ma.us/geoserver/schemas/wfs/1.0.0/WFS-basic.xsdquot;>
<gml:boundedBy>
<gml:Box srsName=quot;http://www.opengis.net/gml/srs/epsg.xml#26986quot;>
<gml:coordinates xmlns:gml=quot;http://www.opengis.net/gmlquot; decimal=quot;.quot; cs=quot;,quot; ts=quot; quot;
>107210.18360951201,868673.000913621
252005.57369636302,935123.120655508</gml:coordinates>
</gml:Box>
</gml:boundedBy>
</wfs:FeatureCollection>
WFS GML Response

74. Does it really have to be that hard?
http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/02/04/100000000-geotagged-photos-plus/

75. GeoRSS http://georss.org

76. +
GeoRSS http://georss.org

77. <georss:point>
+ 45.256 -71.92
</georss:point>
GeoRSS http://georss.org

78. USGS http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/catalogs/

79. FriendFeed

80. KML
http://code.google.com/apis/kml/
documentation/kmlreference.html
photourl

82. { quot;typequot;: quot;Pointquot;, quot;coordinatesquot;: [100.0, 0.0] }
GeoJSON

83. • FeedAPI
• KML Module
• GeoRSS Module
• NiceMap (WMS)
• Atom
Drupal Modules FeedAPI

84. But how do I query data?
http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/02/04/100000000-geotagged-photos-plus/

85. OpenSearch

86. http://example.com/search
?keyword={searchTerms}
&limit={count?}
&page={startPage?}
required
optional?
OpenSearch Template

87. http://geo.example.com/search.atom?
keyword={searchTerms}
&location={geo:locationString?}
&lat={geo:lat?}&lon={geo:lon?}&distance={geo:radius?}
&bbox={geo:box?}
OpenSearch-Geo

88. Where is the GeoREST?
http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/02/04/100000000-geotagged-photos-plus/

89. KML + GeoRSS+HTML http://highearthorbit.com/a-proposal-georss-kml

90. AtomPub-Geo

91. Create
Exif GeoRSS KML GPX Geocoding
Publish
GeoRSS KML Microformats MachineTags
Aggregate
GML KML GeoRSS WFS GeoJSON
Consume

92. Data
http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/1217587004

93. Flickr Export

94. Google Picasa + Panoramio

95. GeoWeb2.0

96. What else is there besides blog posts?

97. Real-Time Data

98. User-Generated Content http://nowpublic.com/tag/
DrupalCon/scan

99. Local Governments http://data.octo.dc.gov

100. National Governments http://www.recovery.gov/

101. Inter-Government http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

102. Global NGO http://ungiwg.org

103. Registries http://geonetwork.org

104. Repositories
http://geocommons.com
& Aggregators

105. But I’m already using GoogleMaps.

106. GoogleMaps http://maps.google.com

107. Design

108. Usability

109. Data Ownership and
Access

110. Data Ownership and
Access

111. Data Coverage and
Quality

112. Data Coverage and
Quality

114. OpenStreetMap http://openstreetmap.org

115. OSM in Flickr

116. OpenAerialMap http://openaerialmap.org

117. ODbL http://www.opendatacommons.org/
Open Database License

118. Community
http://flickr.com/photos/wwworks/1384952210

119. http://flickr.com/photos/x180/2494170626/
“Geowankers” yes, you heard me correctly

120. OSGeo http://osgeo.org

121. OpenStreetMap http://openstreetmap.org

122. Mapping Parties

123. Mappers Anonymous

124. Exponential Growth http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats

125. #osgeo
Geo-Web-Rest
#mapnik
http://groups.google.com/group/
geo-web-rest
#osm
GeoRSS
#openlayers
http://georss.org
#et al.
GeoJSON
http://geojson.org
geowanking
http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
Geo Communities

126. And why is this
important to me?
http://flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/2326448445

127. Apps for Democracy

128. A Drupal Example

129. KML
A Drupal Example

130. GeoRSS
KML
A Drupal Example

131. WMS
GeoRSS
KML
A Drupal Example

132. WMS
GeoRSS
KML
A Drupal Example

133. WMS
GeoRSS
KML
A Drupal Example

134. WMS
GeoRSS
KML
A Drupal Example

135. A GeoWeb Example

136. A GeoWeb Example

137. Drupal
and the
Geospatial Web
Jeff Miccolis - @miccolis
Development Seed
Andrew Turner - @ajturner
FortiusOne - GeoCommons
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