As we introduce geographic functionality, there is a need to standardize on a storage mechanism.

There are several options available, including:

Of these, Geofield seems the best fit with the draft Debut selection criteria, #946394: Define/refine criteria for selecting from among candiate solutions: standards based, well designed APIs, relatively slim, etc.

So propose standardizing on Geofield.

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Title: Standardize on Geo as location storage solution » Standardize location storage solution

Geo is not compatible at present with OpenLayers, see #804878: Openlayers V2 Support and OpenLayers WKT field deprecated in Drupal 7.

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