Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Mobile Web Maps with OpenLayers and jQuery: A Tutorial

I recently helped host a training session sponsored by GITA Rocky Mountain Chapter introducing various OpenSource Geo packages including PostGIS, GeoServer and OpenLayers with Cliff Inbau.  I have been doing a bit of work refactoring some web maps for mobile friendliness and thought it would be worth sharing some of my musings with OpenLayers and jQuery.  I had worked with jQuery a fare amount but hadn't touched OpenLayers.  My interest in playing with it came from a talk given by Tory Alford entitled "GIS for the Mobile Web"  which is worth looking at.  Below you will find my deck and the hands-on tutorials.  They haven't been vetted all that well but would welcome any feedback.