[sldev] Webmap API change

[Harold Brown]

Below is the text of the Initial E-Mail which was sent out on January 22,
2008 to the SLDev list.

The meeting happened (I was not able to attend as I was at work RL) and a
AWG was formed and then nothing after that was mentioned again.



> Since we released the new version of the webmap, we've never fully
> followed up with proper documentation as well as getting regular feedback.
> It was always part of the plan, but more urgent projects managed to sideline
> it. However, we'd like to start rectifying that now.
>
> (If you suspect that SignpostMarv Martin's recent mail has something to do
> with this, you're absolutely right. I'd also like to extend huge thanks to
> Harold Brown for his work on the wiki and his OpenLayers experimentation)
>
> The WebMap API consists of two separate components:
>
> The client side JS library was written by a contractor (in world as
> Jacquard Looming) and extends the Google Maps API. It was written with the
> aim of being API-compatible with the previous SL WebMapAPI, which has been
> *mostly* achieved though there are still a couple of functions missing (such
> as SLPoint() ).
>
> The services side (which SignpostMarv references at the beginning of his
> mail) consists of a handful of small functions which query and return region
> metadata. These were dashed out pretty quickly to support the new webmap(which, in its previous incarnation, was downloading the region metadata for
> the entire grid in 2MB of regularly-regenerated Javascript - ugh). This
> year, we want to do a LOT more work to provide useful outward-facing web
> services, including map-related ones. If there are potential map services
> that would greatly help your work, we want to know about it. Gulliver Linden
> is leading the charge here.
>
> To start with, we're going to hold an office-hour-style in-world meeting at
> 9:30AM SLT, at Meta Linden's place in Beaumont:
> http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beaumont/42/218/35
>
> Gulliver Linden, Jacquard Looming and I will be in attendance. Anyone who's
> interested in the webmap API is welcome. We look forward to seeing you
> there!
>
> -- Yoz Linden, Program Manager for Web & Internal Tools, Linden Lab
>
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