Locations/Maps plan

Alternative modules
The following modules have been investigated as alternatives to the Gmap/Location modules.

OpenLayers
This is a fantastic module that appears to be feature complete for 7.x. We can use this module to display both point locations, and areas.

Mapbox
This module does not appear to be stable and of much use to the Scratchpad project. It may be of use on specific sites to technically adept users. For now, we'll not be using this module.

Geofield - Github
Development work on the Geofield module currently looks promising, and may well serve to provide us with everything that we require. http://drupal.org/node/1022994 has details about a fork of this module, although currently it is worse than the original.

Donuts
A neat example of selecting areas on a map - could be integrated into the Geofield module.

Polymaps
Possible alternative to OpenLayers.

Well-Known Text (WKT)
This could be used as an alternative to the Countriesmaps module. If we're able to convert from a shapefile to a WKT definition, then there would be no need for shapes, etc.

Use of the Museum's WP4/EDIT map service
It may be possible to integrate the external EDIT map service to provide layers for the maps.

Location
The location module is currently being used as a basis of all locations on the Scratchpads. The vast majority of its functionality is not used, so should probably be replaced by a much simpler solution.

GMap
Currently, the GMap module provides the only way of adding latitude/longitude pairs via clicking on a map. These are saved using the Location module. For this reason, we may want to extend the Gmap module to provide a core Fields field that will store lat/long pairs.

Mapstraction
Neat looking module that may be of use if we need to write our own code.