GeoExt implementation [#1882158]

Hi,
I think GeoExt can be a great component of the cartaro distribution, allowing to create more complex GIS style interfaces.
There is already a sandbox project to bring that library in Drupal:
http://drupal.org/sandbox/spydmobile/1466356
what do you think about it?

Comments

Comment #1

friedjoff CreditAttribution: friedjoff commented 16 January 2013 at 11:08

Hi,

GeoExt integration has been on our radar for quite some time and we're still investigating ways how to implement this. The sandbox project is pretty limited and only provides integration of GeoExt library files. A configuration interface and integration with the OpenLayers module isn't available and that will be the hard part.

In which way do you plan to use GeoExt together with the Cartaro distribution? Do you want to build a complex ExtJS application or do you just want to extend the OpenLayers map with some GeoExt widgets?

Comment #2

mtoscano CreditAttribution: mtoscano commented 20 January 2013 at 12:35

My final goal it is to have the aphanumeric data managed and displayed from Drupal and the geometric data (mainly imported from external GIS repository) displayed using an interface like the GeoExplorer provided by OpenGeo: http://suite.opengeo.org/geoexplorer/composer/
This has been built with GeoExt, so my request.
In the mean time I planned to try (but haven't had time) a combined installation of Cartaro & OpenGeo, to use best of both at the same time: ie. displaying with GeoExplorer Drupal (Cartaro) content published via Geoserver or maybe even apply edits via WFS-T, is that possible?

Comment #3

friedjoff CreditAttribution: friedjoff commented 28 January 2013 at 17:19

To me GeoExplorer seems to provide similar features as Cartaro does (ie building map configurations), so I don't see much value in integrating GeoExplorer and Cartaro.

But it should be possible to run Cartaro based on the OpenGeo Suite and use GeoExplorer in conjunction with Cartaro.

Comment #4

mtoscano CreditAttribution: mtoscano commented 4 February 2013 at 10:21

Hi,
I understand your point but as far as I can see GeoExplorer already has a configuration interface built on GeoExt so I will try to use them in conjunction and report back my experience.
Anyway, I hope in the future GeoExt will be properly implemented in Cartaro.
Thank you for your suggestion and your work