Beta of the GeoExt UX: StreetViewPanel

If you want to integrate Google StreetView within your GeoExt application, the StreetViewPanel can be of interest.



A demo can be found here
Testers are welcome for this beta ;-)

The first GeoExt ux is born: GeoNames Search

After some discussion at Foss4g2009, the GeoExt community decided to allow developers to provide additional functionality and UI components built on top of GeoExt. This can be done through the GeoExt ux.
The first GeoExt ux is a GeoNames search that can easily be integrated in your applications.
See the demo here and the description here.

GeoExt at Foss4G

If you missed the Foss4G presentation about GeoExt, here is it: http://dev.geoext.org/geoext.pdf

GeoExt 0.6 Released

The GeoExt community is proud to announce the release of GeoExt 0.6, the second official GeoExt release.

This release closes 51 outstanding tickets, including 34 new features or enhancements and 17 bug fixes.

We invite you to try out GeoExt 0.6 in your applications. Please
download the archive, unzip it to the root of your GeoExt powered application, and include the following script tag in your html:

    <script src="GeoExt/script/GeoExt.js"></script>

As always, the source is available via subversion. Please report any issues you find with the release on our issue tracker.

The 0.6 release comes with a number of great new features, the full list
of which can be found in the release notes. Some of the highlights include:

• Solid layer node and container enhancements and a new layer node type.


• A feature selection model for synchronizing selected rows in a grid
  and features in a layer.


• New data components: WFS capabilities reader & store; feature
  attributes reader & store; WMS DescribeLayer reader and store; and a Web
  Map Context reader.


• Popups can now hang outside your map viewport!

You should be able to upgrade from GeoExt 0.5 without any issues. To
take advantage of all the new features in this release, you'll need a
nightly build of OpenLayers. See the release notes for specific
features that require more than OpenLayers 2.8.

We look forward to your feedback on this release.

GeoExt at FOSS4G 2009

GeoExt will be featured in a number of presentations at the upcoming FOSS4G conference in Sydney. In addition to the presentations listed below, a number of GeoExt developers will be in attendance at the conference, and we'll be setting up some informal sessions for people who would like to get involved.

GeoExt related presentations:

• Building a SDI massively based on OWS


• Building a web mapping application with GeoExt


• Maps and BI for large organizations


• How to create a web 2.0 mapping with MapFish development framework ?


• GeoPrisma : An Access Controlled Map Generator

GeoExt 0.5 released

The GeoExt community is proud to announce the release of GeoExt 0.5, the first GeoExt version to be released.

GeoExt brings together the geospatial power of OpenLayers with the user interface savvy of Ext JS to help you build powerful desktop style GIS applications on the web with JavaScript.

GeoExt 0.5 comes with a fine selection of widgets and data access components for rich web-based geospatial applications, the full list of which can be found in the Release Notes. Some of the highlights include:

• MapPanel for seamless integration of OpenLayers maps in Ext JS applications
• LegendPanel to display legends for WMS layers
• LayerNodes and LayerContainers to create customized layer switchers in Ext trees
• Popups as anchored Ext windows
• Ext data components for convenient handling of OpenLayers data structures like layers and vector features

For downloads and documentation, please visit the GeoExt website.

GeoExt 0.5 RC1 Announcement

The GeoExt community is proud to announce the first release candidate of GeoExt 0.5, the first GeoExt version to be released.

As of RC1, the GeoExt 0.5 release closes 61 outstanding tickets, including 40 new features or enhancements and 16 bug fixes.

We invite you to help us test the 0.5 release candidate! To test in your applications, please download, unzip it to the root of your GeoExt powered application, and include the following script tag in your html:

<script src="GeoExt/script/GeoExt.js"></script>

GeoExt 0.5 depends on OpenLayers >= 2.8 and ExtJS >= 2.2.

You can find also a great documentation on the GeoExt site.

The source is available on svn. Bug reports can be filed in Trac, under the 0.5 RC1 version and 0.5 milestone.

The 0.5 release comes with a number of important features, the full list of which can be found in the Release Notes. Some of the highlights include:

* MapPanel to integrate OpenLayers maps in ExtJS applications
* LegendPanel to display legends for WMS layers
* LayerNodes and LayerContainers to create customized layer switchers
* Popups as anchored Ext windows
* Various Ext data components for convenient handling of OpenLayers layers, vector features and WMS Capabilities documents.

We look forward to your feedback on this release.