Mapping kit: using OpenLayers and MapServer

Mapping kit is a collection of modules to support custom mapping. It defines several content types:

• Map context: a definition of a map in terms of viewport size, extent, projection, map layers and optionally base layers (google, openstreetmap, etc).
• Web Mapping Service: reference to an (often) external web map service (see http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wms)
• Map layer: one or more layers of a web mapping service.
• Geodata: referenced or uploaded shapefile or postgis table (for those of us using Drupal on PostgreSQL).
• Map file: configuration file for MapServer. Layers can be added by applying different classifications (equal interval or quantiles) on geodata.

Maps are mixed with content by the Inline maps input format.
OpenLayers is used as a map client, but other map clients can also be supported. Using OpenLayers, the map can have overlays of GeoRSS feeds, WFS, etc.

Drupal project page: http://drupal.org/project/mappingkit

Documentation: http://aardbodem.nl/?q=node/26