Need to standardize on a OpenLayers world base map layer set.
OpenLayers ships with a default OpenStreetMap base layer that is probably the best fit in terms of the draft Debut criteria, #946394: Define/refine criteria for selecting from among candiate solutions. But it presents some display issues:
* focus on transport routes interferes legibility for non-transport uses.
* labelling in local languages (e.g., at higher zooms, English place names in US and Arabic place names in Egypt) makes it multilingual but unlikely to be understood by many.
Of remaining options, MapBox may be a strong contender. No layers ship with OpenLayers or the MapBox module. Opened this issue on MapBox: #946358: Ship with OpenLayers world layers. If that doesn't go in, may consider attached feature, which provides four MapBox world layers.
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | debut_world-7.x-0.3.tgz | 13.56 KB | ao2 |
| debut_world.tar_.gz | 1.01 KB | nedjo |
Comments
Comment #1
ao2 commentedAn update to the feature which provides also a "places" vocabulary populated with world.csv, and adds an autocomplete field to the debut content types for it.
The code in debut_world.module requires this patch to features http://drupal.org/files/issues/features-981248.patch from #981248: Allow a feature to execute a secondary install function after features components are created in order to be able to populate the vocabulary in the very same feature which creates it.
TODO: maybe remove the pathauto pattern, or add pathauto to the dependencies so that the pattern is actually used when adding terms to the vocabulary.
@nedjo, please tell me if I am doing something clearly wrong in my experiments, for instance I have a doubt about how I am supporting the debut content types, is exporting the fields enough/good?
Regards,
Antonio