[sldev] Webmap API change

[Harold Brown]

For one I was trying to petition for a standard Tile Map Service format for
the tile storage.  But it seems like it is too late for that option.

There were other considerations, but core to that was providing the tiles
using a standard format that would allow for the use of software other then
the GoogleMaps for accessing and displaying the maps.

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Rob Lanphier <robla at lindenlab.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
>
>
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