| 1 | | Add support for the [http://openlayers.org/ OpenLayers] JavaScript map API. |
| | 1 | The form provided by !GeoDjango for geometry fields (`django.contrib.gis.forms.fields.GeometryField`) is just a simple text box that accepts textual representations of geometries. The way admin currently generates its map forms is functional, but not really suited for general-purpose use. In particular, the map widget is generated dynamically by `GeoModelAdmin.get_map_widget()`. For better API consistency with the rest of Django, there should be reusable map editing widgets. |
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| | 3 | Because the geographic admin already uses [http://openlayers.org/ OpenLayers], the default widgets should be written using it. It should be general enough to make supporting alternative geometry frameworks possible, however, !OpenLayers support is the priority. |
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| | 5 | Doing this will hopefully make fixing related tickets, like #9806, easier. |