GeoExplorer Preview
Update (Dec 2011): Hello web searchers! If you’re looking for more information about GeoExplorer, you can download the source code at our GitHub repository, see a live demo, or download it as part of the OpenGeo Suite. Questions about using GeoExplorer should be directed to our OpenGeo Suite Community Forum. Thanks!
The developers at OpenGeo have been working with others toward an initial release of the GeoExt toolkit. GeoExt brings together the spatial capabilities of OpenLayers with the user interface power of ExtJS. To demonstrate the types of applications that can be built with GeoExt, we’re putting out a preview release of GeoExplorer.
The goal of GeoExplorer is to make it easy for anyone to assemble a browser based mapping application with functionality traditionally found in the desktop GIS world. The GeoExplorer preview release includes basic layer browsing capabilities and can be placed in front of any compliant WMS.
After the initial release of GeoExt, we’ll be rolling out a more feature filled version of GeoExplorer. Upcoming releases will include a wizard for configuring a GeoExplorer application with your own layers and publishing options for embedding the app in any web page.
Update: The preview release has been retired but there is a GeoExplorer demo available as part of our online Suite demo. GeoExplorer is now one of the applications bundled with the OpenGeo Suite. You can still download and build GeoExplorer to run without the Suite. Find the source code link on the Community Edition download page.
wow, great going! love this, good work.
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what kind of licence does GeoExplorer have?
GeoExplorer is now packaged as part of the OpenGeo Suite. The Suite is licensed under the GNU General Public LIcense (GPL). See http://opengeo.org/community/suite/download/ for the community edition of the Suite.
Tim,
the GeoExplorer preview link and the download links are broken. Have they been discontinued since the release of the OpenGeo Suite?
Hello Bernie,
Yes, in a re-provisioning of server resources, the online demo of the preview release of GeoExplorer has been taken down. I’ve updated the post to mention that you can still download and build GeoExplorer from source, and it runs with no other Suite dependencies.
As we’re developing GeoExplorer features in the Suite, we’re assembling a new, general purpose geo-viewer application framework. Our plan is to push this out as a GeoExt user extension so more people can contribute to it and make use of it.
Hi, i want to get the html/.js file of the following url with Geoserver.
Somebody help me? thanks~~
geoexplorer_path=/geoexplorer/
styler_path=/geoserver/www/styler/index.html
You can find the latest GeoExplorer source code at:
https://github.com/opengeo/GeoExplorer/
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HEllo:
I’m using opengeo suite community edition and when I try to create a map with geoexplorer, the save map and export map are disabled. Is it unavailable into comunity edition?
Thanks!
Hello Jose-
Please see our community forum for questions about recent versions of the Suite: http://getsatisfaction.com/opengeo
In answer to your question about saving maps, only logged in users can save maps in GeoExplorer. You should see a login link at the upper right. Use GeoServer admin credentials to log in. You’ll find the default username and password in the Suite documentation.