= Blueprints for the GIS Module =
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We use [http://openlayers.org OpenLayers] to display Maps with some [http://geoext.org GeoExt] widgets.

== Ideas ==
 * [wiki:Projects/Basic#GISMapping Basic Tasks]
 * complete [BluePrintMobileClient#Mapping support for Mobile devices]
 * Integrate [http://riskinabox.org Risk in a Box]
 * complete move of Internal [wiki:BluePrintGISFeatureLayers Feature Layers to GeoJSON]
 * allow swapping from embedded to full-screen without a reload of the page
 * complete moving of JS code from being generated [http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/browser/modules/s3/s3gis.py#L1857 server-side] to [static http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/browser/static/scripts/S3/s3.gis.js] (for caching & easier maintenance)
 * integrated Legends in the West Panel
  * Simple example: http://api.geoext.org/1.0/examples/legendpanel.html
  * More complex example: [http://suite.opengeo.org/geoexplorer/ GeoExplorer] (add some layers)
 * complete migration to !GeoExplorer
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISOSMLayers OpenStreetMap PoI Layers]
 * Color coded maps according to Geo-data (threats, needs, etc)
 * Placing variable sized markers on the map in proportion to data (number of people in camp, number of families needing food)
 * Tracking people ( John Smith was registered at Camp A, then collected food at Camp B, then volunteers at Site C), or Items (The shipment of Tarpaulins moved from site C to site D, where it was split, and then half of them have been distributed from site E)
 * Having a playable timeline slider (like [http://haiti.ushahidi.com/main])
 * Identify core [wiki:BluePrintGIStools GIS tools] 
 * Integrating Walking Papers ([http://walking-papers.org/]) functionality into Sahana

 * Merge http://skapes.org Geolytics toolkit

== List ==
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISAPI Mapping API]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISLocationSelector Location Selector]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISLocationsHierarchy Locations Hierarchy]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISLocationsSearch]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISPermalink]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISGeolocator Geocoder]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISGeoExplorer GeoExplorer]
 * Layers
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISFeatureLayers Features]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISGeoRSSLayers GeoRSS]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISGoogle Google]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISImageLayers Images]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISKMLLayers KML]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISOSMLayers OSM]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISShapefileLayers Shapefiles]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISSOSLayers SOS]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISTMSLayers TMS]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISWMSLayers WMS]
  * [wiki:BluePrintGISWFSLayers WFS]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISFeedsCaching Feeds Caching]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISGoogleGears GoogleGears]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISGoogleEarth GoogleEarth]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISGPSSharing GPS Sharing]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISGrid Grid]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISHeatMap HeatMap]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISImportExport Import/Export]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISLibraries Libraries]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISMapCatalog Map Catalog]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISMarkers Markers]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISMobile Mobile]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISPrinting Printing]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISProjections Projections]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISProxy Proxy]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISRealTimeTracking Real-Time Tracking]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISRectifier Rectifier]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISRouting Routing]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISSearch Search]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISStorage Spatial Storage]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISTileCache TileCache]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISTimePlay Time Play]
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISUAV UAV] - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISUploadPhotos Upload Photos] - with GPX Track & use timestamps to place associated features onto the map
 * [wiki:BluePrintGISWebMapContext WebMapContext]

To display Shapefiles & Images we need to install a 3rd party server.
[http://geoserver.org GeoServer] is probably a better target than [http://mapserver.org MapServer]
 * !GeoServer has a great in-built Admin UI
 * !GeoServer can be configured via REST rather than !MapScript if we wish to control from within Eden itself
 * !GeoServer uses !OpenLayers as native preview
 * !GeoServer has a [http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/Printing+2.0+HOWTO Printing plugin]
 * [http://opengeosuite.org OpenGeoSuite] provides an integrated stack
 * [http://mapfishblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/studio-beta-for-mapfile-manager.html MapFish Studio]

We should aim to be compatible with UN Logistics: http://www.logcluster.org/mapcenter/unsdi

== Similar ==
Ideas from here could be useful:
 * http://www.cmu.edu/silicon-valley/dmi/research/projects/open-cop/index.html
 * http://geoportal.logcluster.org (Also written using GeoExt)
 * http://ikimap.com
 * http://mapsgeek.com
 * http://mapchat.ca
 * http://apps.geomajas.org/showcase/
 * http://www.pdc.org/atlas/
 * http://africamap.harvard.edu
 * http://gis.ibbeck.de/ginfo/apps/OLExamples/Index/index.html

The original GIS module was described here:
 * http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php?id=dev:gis_infra

=== See Also ===
 * [wiki:DeveloperGuidelinesGIS DeveloperGuidelinesGIS]
 * [wiki:UserGuidelinesGIS UserGuidelinesGIS]