[sldev] Webmap API change

[SignpostMarv Martin]

Rob Lanphier 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?
>   
Why the padded co-ordinate strings ?

~ Marv.

> 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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