---
title: "Thomas Turnbull & Alan Palazzolo on the Open Layers module"
url: "/podcasts/drupal-voices/thomas-turnbull-alan-palazzolo-on-the-open-layers-module"
type: episode
date: 2011-07-12
updated: 2014-02-06
---

# Thomas Turnbull & Alan Palazzolo on the Open Layers module

#  Thomas Turnbull & Alan Palazzolo on the Open Layers module 

  

*Podcast episode player*

Thomas Turnbull ([tom\_o\_t](http://drupal.org/user/125573)) & Alan Palazzolo ([zzolo](http://drupal.org/user/147331)) talk about the [Open Layers integration module,](http://drupal.org/project/openlayers) 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](http://tilemill.com/) and [TileStream](https://www.mapbox.com/) services from [Development Seed](https://developmentseed.org/) in order to customize your maps, and they also talk about how they've been using Open Layers maps at [Zagat.com](https://secure.chase.com:443/web/auth/?treatment=zagat&navKey=zagatSurvey) as well as [ShelterCentre.org.](http://sheltercentre.org/) They also discuss some of the future development, and the overall importance of visualizing data through the medium of mapping.