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GeoExt 0.5 Released
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GeoExt writes "The GeoExt community is proud to announce the release of GeoExt 0.5, the first GeoExt version to be released.
GeoExt brings together the geospatial power of OpenLayers with the user interface savvy of Ext JS to help you build powerful desktop style GIS applications on the web with JavaScript. GeoExt is available under the BSD license and is supported by a growing community of individuals, businesses and organizations.
GeoExt 0.5 comes with a fine selection of widgets and data access components for rich web-based geospatial applications, the full list of which can be found in the Release Notes. Some of the highlights include:
- MapPanel for seamless integration of OpenLayers maps in Ext JS applications
- LegendPanel to display legends for WMS layers
- LayerNodes and LayerContainers to create customized layer switchers in Ext trees
- Popups as anchored Ext windows
- Ext data components for convenient handling of OpenLayers data structures like layers and vector features
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Technology: ExtJS, GeoExt and HSLayers
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The Les-ejk blog provides nice short descriptions of OpenLayers, ExtJS, MapFish, GeoExt and HSLayers. Both GeoExt and HSLayers were never mentioned on Slashgeo, now they are. From the GeoExt website: "GeoExt is a JavaScript library providing the groundwork for creating web-mapping applications based on OpenLayers and Ext." Ok, but what is Ext? From the Ext wikipedia page: "Ext (pronounced "X'd"[1]) is a JavaScript library for building interactive web applications[2] using techniques such as AJAX, DHTML and DOM scripting."
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MapFish Studio
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The following submission is about MapFish Studio, which was mentioned in last March. What's new is the video (see link below) that demonstrates how easy it is now to build and serve a webmap from scratch using open source geospatial software and a GUI. MapFish Studio is multi-OS.
Cedric Moullet writes "Studio, based on MapFish technology, is the new WYSIWYG editor for the creation of web mapping applications.
More information here.
You can also test it live and really publish your application here (be warned: this is a test Amazon instance, not a production service)."
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Somewhat related, GeoExt.org just revamped its website.
OpenLayers 2.8 Released
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James Fee's Blog takes note of the newest release by the Openlayers team. The major enhancements are :
- Support for multi-layer vector feature selection
- Support for drawing text on vector layers
- Several new controls
- 5 new layer types, including OSM, ArcXML, and more.
- The long-awaited WFS protocol support, and related improvements
Technology: GeoExt 0.5 RC1 Announcement
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Cedric Moullet writes "GeoExt brings together the geospatial know how of OpenLayers with the user interface savvy of Ext JS to help you build powerful desktop style GIS apps on the web with JavaScript.
The GeoExt community is proud to announce the first release candidate of GeoExt 0.5, the first GeoExt version to be released. You find more information on this RC1 on the GeoExt blog.
And don't miss the doc in order to make your first steps with this great library ;-)"
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