[sldev] Webmap API change

[Rob Lanphier]

Well, at least I remember it now, and it looks like it was as I kinda
figured it was.  Different team on an effort that I honestly don't know
what the outcome was.

Was there anything in particular you wanted to say on a technical level
about the new design, or is it just the possible process breakdown that
is of concern?

I'll do some poking around and see if I can shed light on this.

Rob

On 1/23/09 4:55 PM, Harold Brown wrote:
> 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
>
>