11. OpenLayers “OpenLayers makes it easy to put a dynamic map in any web page. It can display map tiles and markers loaded from any source. OpenLayers has been developed to further the use of geographic information of all kinds. OpenLayers is completely free, Open Source JavaScript” -- openlayer.org
25. jQuery Mobile “A unified user interface system across all popular mobile device platforms, built on the rock-solid jQuery and jQuery UI foundation. Its lightweight code is built with progressive enhancement, and has a flexible, easily themeabledesign”
33. 10 Reasons You Should Have A Mobile Ready Website. Weblog entry. Web Design Tips and FAQ’s. December 1, 2010. http://uniqueamb.com/website-design-blog/?p=112.
Geospatial on the webDon’t’ think I need to go into this but you all know the importance of this.
So most of us are well aware of this but now its changing again. Problem is from traditonal GIS perspective is that this can be fairly technical. So we are going to be talking about lots of technologiesThis is kind of how things are now. Really, doing traditional GIS requires a fair amount of geeknessDon’t despair, this is doable.
JavaScriptClient sideLightweightPossitioned well for html 5 revolutionNo proprietary technology (Flex)Modelled after gmaps from 2005AJAXBusiness CaseIts freeSupports universallyFairly Easy to learnLarger sense – GISifiying the webVery very supportive of nearly all Geoweb representations or formatsCompeting SoftwareGmapsapi -- requires key, lots of workarounds for representation and format supportKa-MapArcGIS Server JS API
Cathedral and the BazaarEric S. Raymond – FetchmailLinuxCathedral – Built by masons with mystical skills (secret) only to be done by experts (software vendors)Bazaar – Grassroots markets, each contributing to a beautiful, well functioning and fully service creation
Keep those ideas about opensource in mindCombine that with GIS and the Web === OpenLayers
JavaScriptClient sideLightweightPossitioned well for html 5 revolutionNo proprietary technology (Flex)Modelled after gmaps from 2005AJAXBusiness CaseIts freeSupports universallyFairly Easy to learnLarger sense – GISifiying the webVery very supportive of nearly all Geoweb representations or formatsCompeting SoftwareGmapsapi -- requires key, lots of workarounds for representation and format supportKa-MapArcGIS Server JS API
This is great but we really need to be playing in the mobile spaceSearch Engines: google has an entirely separate Your site won’t work: Especially for not the most highend devicesMobile device web users web will overtake 3 years: Even growing faster in use than desktop use did1 in 5 americans 2010 accesed the web with a mobile device every day93% us adults own cell phoneEstimated 2 billion cell phones globally
Describe Native and Mobile Web
Keep your Web GIS and Opensource ideas in mindMake it mobileREALLY RAW Native js library supporting mobileStill in the worksNot “minimal” download like jsarcgis library
Open Layers for mobileGmaps is ok, still have key issueESRI -- Maybe, still in the works
width=device width --the layout of this page is flexible enough to adapt itself to various screen widths, so please use a viewport width that makes the content readableInitial max scale basically mean == I mean itUser-scalable = downt allow user to zoomPage scopeOnloadHtml 5 tagesDiv tag for map
Open Layers for mobileGmaps is ok, still have key issueESRI -- Maybe, still in the works
Mobile Space presents us with a variety of issuesBroad based usersWide range of expectations Sovereign and transiet usageMobile web site users are often transient – focused intentDevice divergenceTabletsPhonesOlder phonesScreen size variations and limitationsContinued divergence of mobile browserBBAndroidSafariBrowser that prerenderOpera Mobile and MiniAmazon new Fire BrowserWebOSFireFox MobileSymbianDesign IssuesMouseovers don’t work on touchscreenFatfingeringNo ZOOMBandwidth
Open Layers for mobileGmaps is ok, still have key issueESRI -- Maybe, still in the works
