Drupal mapping

Mapping with Drupal 7 Lev Tsypin lev@thinkshout.com ThinkShout.com

Agenda• Web mapping overview• Map scripting libraries• Drupal speak• Contrib landscape• Recommendations• Examples

Web mapping overview• Tiles / base layers• Overlays • Vector features (points, polylines, polygons) • Raster layers (images, WMS, Canvas)• Interface components (zoom, layers, etc.)

What is Geo Data?• Latitude / Longitude• Well Known Text• KML• GeoJSON

OS Mapping libraries OpenLayers

Commercial Libraries

Serving Map Tiles OpenStreetMap

Drupal Speak• Data storage: Fields• Map features: Entities (nodes, users, terms)• Overlays: Files (KML/images),Views, remote data• Display:Views formatter or custom code

Contrib Landscape

Contrib - Fields• Geoﬁeld• Address Field / Geocoder• File / Open Layers KML Layer• Location• Geolocation Field

Note on Input Options• Pair of decimal ﬁelds• Text area for entering WKT• Map picker• KML ﬁle• Geocoded address data

Contrib - Display• OpenLayers • OpenLayers Taxonomy• Leaﬂet• GMap

Misc• OpenLayers Field• Mapping• Development Seed’s MapBox

Recommendations1. Storage: Geofield2. Input: Geofield, Address Field + Geocoder, OpenLayers map picker3. Display: OpenLayers, Leaflet

Examples• Blue Water Baltimore bacteria monitoring http://bacteria.thinkshoutlabs.com/• James River Association http://map.jrava.org/• Creak Freeks http://www.creekfreaks.net/map/67

Questions? Lev Tsypin ThinkShout.com drupal.org/user/54135 @levelos

Drupal mapping

by Lev Tsypin on Oct 15, 2011

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