Alan Palazzolo

Mapping with Drupal (eBook, PDF)

Navigating Complexities to Create Beautiful and Engaging Maps

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Build beautiful interactive maps on your Drupal website, and tell engaging visual stories with your data. This concise guide shows you how to create custom geographical maps from top to bottom, using Drupal 7 tools and out-of-the-box modules. Youll learn how mapping works in Drupal, with examples on how to use intuitive interfaces to map local events, businesses, groups, and other custom data.Although building maps with Drupal can be tricky, this book helps you navigate the systems complexities for creating sophisticated maps that match your site design. Get the knowledge and tools you need to build useful maps with Drupal today.Get up to speed on map projections, the ethics of making maps, and the challenges of building them onlineLearn how spatial data is stored, input by users, manipulated, and queriedUse the OpenLayers or GMap modules to display maps with lists, tables, and data feedsCreate rich, custom interactions by applying geolocationCustomize your maps look and feel with personalized markers, map tiles, and map popupsBuild modules that add imaginative and engaging interactions

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449326364
• Artikelnr.: 42123698

Autorenporträt

Alan Palazzolo is a Code for America fellow, and has been a big contributor to mapping modules, most notably OpenLayers. He maintains several Drupal modules and has been a featured speaker at Drupal events around the world. Alan led the first ever Code Review Sprint to review project applications at DrupalCon Chicago 2011. Thomas Turnbull has been building websites in PHP since 2002, and working with Drupal since 2006. He has been an organizer for Drupal Camp New York, and has been contributor and maintainer for several Drupal modules. He has done Drupal development for Sony Music in New York, where he built sites for artists on their record labels using Drupal, and is currently working for Zagat, helping to migrate their website over to Drupal.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Audience
Drupal and Mapping Glossary
Drupal 7 Modules
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
Safari® Books Online
How to Contact Us
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Why Map with Drupal
1.1 The Power of Maps
1.2 The Power of Drupal
Chapter 2: Web Mapping Basics
2.1 Projections and Coordinate Systems
2.2 Data Storage
2.3 Challenges of Web-Based Mapping
Chapter 3: Spatial Data
3.1 Data Storage
3.2 Data Input
3.3 Geocoding
Chapter 4: Displaying Maps
4.1 Mapping with the OpenLayers Module
4.2 Mapping with the GMap Module
4.3 Other Ways of Displaying Spatial Data
Chapter 5: Extending Map Interactions
5.1 GMap
5.2 OpenLayers
5.3 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Making Beautiful Maps
6.1 Markers
6.2 Data-Driven Styling
6.3 The Map Interface
6.4 Theming Pop Ups
6.5 Map Tiles
Chapter 7: Managing Maps as Features
7.1 Exporting OpenLayers and Geofield with Features
7.2 Exporting GMap and Location with Features
Chapter 8: Conclusion
8.1 Next Steps in Mapmaking
8.2 The Future of Mapping with Drupal
Further Reading
Drupal Books
Mapping Theory Books
Technical Mapping-Related Books
Map Projections
WGS 84 (Latitude and Longitude)
Gall-Peters Projection
South-Oriented Maps
Glossary
Mapping Terms
Drupal Terms