[Users] GeoExt 1.0?

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:02:53PM -0500, Yves Moisan wrote:
> > What's on people's minds for the minimum component list that we need 
> > before we call things '1.0'?
> > 
> > The list in my mind (past what's already in core, which I think gets us 
> > much of the way there) is something like:
> > 
> > * Styling
> > * Editing tools (with WFS-T and backed to other persistence formats)
> 
> Editing tools need to allow at least snapping IMO.  Otherwise they won't
> be used for "real" GIS/drawing work.  A personal wish I have is to be
> able to position a point or a vertex at specific coordinates, but I
> understand that may not be a requirement for a 1.0.  Snapping is though
> IMO.

Perhaps I'm confused about what GeoExt was. I thought it was a framework
to create attractive mapping applications more simply... not a replacement
for any particular tool (ArcView, ArcMap, or otherwise).

In that case, in my opinion, both of these things are not requirements
for a '1.0' release; GeoExt, as it is, makes it easier to create 
user-friendly mapping applications. Tools like editing, styling, etc. are
not neccesarily part of a 1.0 release.

(From an OpenLayers Comparison: 1.0 had no support for Vector layers, which
you all know. It also had no support for any imagery layer type other than
WMS, which many might consider a core part of the library.)

The mission statement is:
"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."

So perhaps my opinion is just overly narrow, but it seems to me like you 
can build a powerful, desktop-style GIS app on the web using GeoExt.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer