Thomas Turnbull & Alan Palazzolo on the Open Layers module

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Thomas Turnbull (tom_o_t) & Alan Palazzolo (zzolo) talk about the Open Layers integration module, which is a JavaScript API that enables all different types of maps from different map provides with data from Views and CCK. They talk a bit about the new TileMill and TileStream services from Development Seed in order to customize your maps, and they also talk about how they've been using Open Layers maps at Zagat.com as well as ShelterCentre.org. They also discuss some of the future development, and the overall importance of visualizing data through the medium of mapping.