\title{OpenLayers}
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	\item  [Period covered by report:] Jan-Dec 2007 
	\item  [Contact name:] Chris Schmidt and Erik Uzureau 
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\section*{ Key Accomplishments }
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	\item  Graduated from OSGeo incubation 
	\item  Three major releases in 2007 
	\begin{description}
		\item  2.3: 
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			\item  Bug fixes from 2.2 release 
			\item  Improvements in tile handling 
			\item  Support for TMS 
		\end{itemize}
		\item  2.4: 
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			\item  Vector drawing support 
			\item  Improved event handling framework 
			\item  New editing controls 
		\end{itemize}
		\item  2.5: 
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			\item  Additional format support: KML, GeoRSS, GeoJSON 
			\item  More vectorization tools 
			\item  Better third party API integration 
			\item  Improved system for developer documentation 
		\end{itemize}
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	\item  Many, many new participants: 
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		\item  250+ subscribers to developers list 
		\item  550+ subscribers to users list 
		\item  Over 110 users manually signed up for TRAC accounts 
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	\item  Integration of OpenLayers into existing toolkits: \href{http://communitymapbuilder.org/}{MapBuilder}\footnote{MapBuilder: \url{http://communitymapbuilder.org/}}, \href{http://www.dmsolutions.ca/technology/fusion.html}{Fusion}\footnote{Fusion: \url{http://www.dmsolutions.ca/technology/fusion.html}}, and \href{http://www.mapfish.org/}{MapFish}\footnote{MapFish: \url{http://www.mapfish.org/}}
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\section*{ Areas for Improvement }
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	\item  Plan to migrate to OSGeo infrastructure for SVN/Trac 
	\item  Process to become a committer better defined (add more committers, add reviewer role, etc.) 
	\item  Better documentation, memory handling 
	\item  Continue to expand support for existing Geo standards. 
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\section*{ Opportunities to Help }
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	\item  Case Studies: Why are you using OpenLayers? What do you gain by using it over other tools? 
	\item  Examples: 
	\item  Documentation: Prose text describing how to perform a series of steps to achieve a goal in OpenLayers, to add to the existing developer documentation and examples 
	\item  Improved interaction with current users of proprietary software to understand and target their needs, including (but not limited to): 
	\begin{itemize}
	\item  Possibly developing support for ESRI-specific map requests like ArcXML 
	\item  Improved documentation on how to transition from proprietary software to OpenLayers 
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\section*{ Outlook for 2008 }

In 2008, OpenLayers is poised to continue on its current trend of taking geographic information to the web. With support for new geographic formats and servers, improved performance, and web browsers becoming more and more commonly used as the sole client to access datasets, OpenLayers has placed itself in a strong growth position. Patches and contributions are arriving from around the globe, from contributors on 5 different continents. 

In 2008, expect to see wider usage of OpenLayers as the project becomes more widely used and better documented. Already, we have seen major governmental organizations take up OpenLayers as the sole public API to their data, preferring the open source project to commercial ventures such as Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft's offerings. With this trend, it is likely that users can expect to see continued usage leading to wider support for different browsers, improved functionality, and more in 2008. 
