[Geoserver-devel] GeoServer Web-Mapping-Frontend

GeoServer GeoServer Developer
1

Hello,

since some month I'am reading the list - I think geoServer
will be the right solution for our project - but we still search
a free and opensource webfrontend for geoServer - to present
our maps to the web -
(I would like to get something like www.map24.de uses
as webfrontend - thats best what I have seen as webmapping
user interface - fullscreenmaps, quite fast ...)

Does anybody know such a software (web application / java-applet?)?
Which we can use - and possible extend for our purposes.

Is there allready a template / howto available for creating
a new datasource implementation? - I ask this because we have
written our own database storage format - it's bases on the OGC
simple feature for SQL (using the normalized storage format) - with
Geoindexes (like ESRI organizes them in SDE) - for Windows we
have allready written our own realtime viewer - but we want
also to present our maps on the web through geoServer -
thats why we want to build our own geoServer datasource.

with best regards

André Weber

2

Quoting Andre Weber <WeberAndre@anonymised.com>:

Hello,

since some month I'am reading the list - I think geoServer
will be the right solution for our project - but we still search
a free and opensource webfrontend for geoServer - to present
our maps to the web -

Does anybody know such a software (web application / java-applet?)?
Which we can use - and possible extend for our purposes.

I have seen one called "mapserver". Richard Gould, in addition to being a
GeoServer developer has worked on this PHP WMS web front end. When he gets the
email on tuesday he can tell you more details.

Is there allready a template / howto available for creating
a new datasource implementation? - I ask this because we have
written our own database storage format - it's bases on the OGC
simple feature for SQL (using the normalized storage format) - with
Geoindexes (like ESRI organizes them in SDE) - for Windows we
have allready written our own realtime viewer - but we want
also to present our maps on the web through geoServer -
thats why we want to build our own geoServer datasource.

That is a great idea, I have put together a tutorial - that some nice person has
translated into the geotools wiki:

http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Data+access+advanced+tutorial

Geoserver uses the geotools library for data access. The tutorial walks you
through setting a up access to *very* simple data format - property files.

Work through the tutorial and pass on any questions you might have, the API
provides support for Transactions and Locking. There is a specific JDBC base
class that you can use as a starting point, but working through the simple
tutorial will answer a lot of questions before you begin.

Cheers,
Jody

3

jgarnett@anonymised.com wrote:

Quoting Andre Weber <WeberAndre@anonymised.com>:

Hello,

since some month I'am reading the list - I think geoServer
will be the right solution for our project - but we still search
a free and opensource webfrontend for geoServer - to present
our maps to the web -
   
Does anybody know such a software (web application / java-applet?)?
Which we can use - and possible extend for our purposes.
   
I have seen one called "mapserver". Richard Gould, in addition to being a
GeoServer developer has worked on this PHP WMS web front end. When he gets the
email on tuesday he can tell you more details.

Hallo Andre,

I have recently designed an interface using Mapserver with PHP, but you can do it in almost any (I think) language.
You can find Mapserver's website here: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/

The part you will probably be most interested in is the OGC WMS Client under the How-to section under Documentation.
There is also some example web frontends on the site that you can look at.

The basic Mapserver functionality is good, but what you're probably looking for is MapScript available here: http://www.maptools.org/php_mapscript/
It allows you to interact with Mapserver with PHP, Perl, etc. Definately check out the example sites on the Mapserver page, under 'Gallery'.

If you have more questions, feel free to ask me. The tricky part is usually setting up the mapfile correctly.

Wenn Sie verstehen nicht, ich kann auf Deutsch schreiben, aber es ist nicht sehr gut. (und es ist langsamer für mich)

Richard

4

I am also looking at using MapServer as a front end to GeoServer. One
comment: the documentation for MapServer is pretty thin when it comes to
specifications for connecting to a WFS. There is a short document on the
MapServer website
(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc40/wfs-client-howto.html) - but the
CONNECTION string in this example seems to point to another MAP file?

"http://my.wfs.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=mywfs.map&SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=1.0
.0&TYPENAME=mypoints

(also missing an end quote!)

If a WFS is being hosted with GeoServer or some other product, what
would this string have to look like?

Thanks.

------------------------------
Mark Adams
Business & Systems Analyst
Cuesta Systems Inc.
5230 South Service Road
Burlington, ON L7L 5K2
Phone: 905-333-4544 x14
Fax: 905-333-0455
Email: markadams@anonymised.com

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From: geoserver-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:geoserver-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of
Richard Gould
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:05 PM
To: WeberAndre@anonymised.com
Cc: geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-devel] GeoServer Web-Mapping-Frontend

jgarnett@anonymised.com wrote:

Quoting Andre Weber <WeberAndre@anonymised.com>:

Hello,

since some month I'am reading the list - I think geoServer
will be the right solution for our project - but we still search
a free and opensource webfrontend for geoServer - to present
our maps to the web -
   
Does anybody know such a software (web application / java-applet?)?
Which we can use - and possible extend for our purposes.
   
I have seen one called "mapserver". Richard Gould, in addition to being

a

GeoServer developer has worked on this PHP WMS web front end. When he

gets the

email on tuesday he can tell you more details.

Hallo Andre,

I have recently designed an interface using Mapserver with PHP, but you
can do it in almost any (I think) language.
You can find Mapserver's website here: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/

The part you will probably be most interested in is the OGC WMS Client
under the How-to section under Documentation.
There is also some example web frontends on the site that you can look
at.

The basic Mapserver functionality is good, but what you're probably
looking for is MapScript available here:
http://www.maptools.org/php_mapscript/
It allows you to interact with Mapserver with PHP, Perl, etc. Definately

check out the example sites on the Mapserver page, under 'Gallery'.

If you have more questions, feel free to ask me. The tricky part is
usually setting up the mapfile correctly.

Wenn Sie verstehen nicht, ich kann auf Deutsch schreiben, aber es ist
nicht sehr gut. (und es ist langsamer für mich)

Richard

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Mark Adams wrote:

I am also looking at using MapServer as a front end to GeoServer. One
comment: the documentation for MapServer is pretty thin when it comes to
specifications for connecting to a WFS. There is a short document on the
MapServer website
(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc40/wfs-client-howto.html) - but the
CONNECTION string in this example seems to point to another MAP file?

"http://my.wfs.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=mywfs.map&SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=1.0
.0&TYPENAME=mypoints

(also missing an end quote!)

If a WFS is being hosted with GeoServer or some other product, what
would this string have to look like?

Thanks.

I think the example connection string there is using another Mapserver as the server itself, as it can be both an WFS Client AND Server, apparently. I'm not really familiar with WFS Connection strings.

Maybe someone else can help out?

Richard

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Quoting Mark Adams <markadams@anonymised.com>:

I am also looking at using MapServer as a front end to GeoServer. One
comment: the documentation for MapServer is pretty thin when it comes
to
specifications for connecting to a WFS. There is a short document on
the
MapServer website
(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc40/wfs-client-howto.html) - but the
CONNECTION string in this example seems to point to another MAP
file?=20

"http://my.wfs.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=3Dmywfs.map&SERVICE=3DWFS&VERSION=3D=

1.0
.0&TYPENAME=3Dmypoints

(also missing an end quote!)

If a WFS is being hosted with GeoServer or some other product, what
would this string have to look like?

That's probably a question for the mapserver list, I don't know about
their ability to server as a wfs client. If you do manage to get
MapServer up and running, however, then what I would do, and is
currently the most common approach I know of, is to have both MapServer
and GeoServer connect to the same backend data source, and use
MapServer for WMS and GeoServer for WFS. I'm pretty positive MapServer
supports all the data sources that GeoServer does. This is how the
moximedia demo of the geoserver user map works. MapServer can serve as
a WFS, but it doesn't fully support the Filter specification, and can
not do locking or transactions.

Chris

=20

Thanks.

------------------------------
Mark Adams
Business & Systems Analyst
Cuesta Systems Inc.
5230 South Service Road
Burlington, ON L7L 5K2
Phone: 905-333-4544 x14
Fax: 905-333-0455
Email: markadams@anonymised.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: geoserver-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:geoserver-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of
Richard Gould
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:05 PM
To: WeberAndre@anonymised.com
Cc: geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-devel] GeoServer Web-Mapping-Frontend

jgarnett@anonymised.com wrote:

>Quoting Andre Weber <WeberAndre@anonymised.com>:
>
> =20
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>since some month I'am reading the list - I think geoServer
>>will be the right solution for our project - but we still search
>>a free and opensource webfrontend for geoServer - to present
>>our maps to the web -
>> =20
>>
>
>
> =20
>
>>Does anybody know such a software (web application / java-applet?)?
>>Which we can use - and possible extend for our purposes.
>> =20
>>
>
>I have seen one called "mapserver". Richard Gould, in addition to
being
a
>GeoServer developer has worked on this PHP WMS web front end. When
he
gets the
>email on tuesday he can tell you more details.
> =20
>
Hallo Andre,

I have recently designed an interface using Mapserver with PHP, but
you=20
can do it in almost any (I think) language.
You can find Mapserver's website here: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/

The part you will probably be most interested in is the OGC WMS
Client=20
under the How-to section under Documentation.
There is also some example web frontends on the site that you can
look
at.

The basic Mapserver functionality is good, but what you're
probably=20
looking for is MapScript available here:=20
http://www.maptools.org/php_mapscript/
It allows you to interact with Mapserver with PHP, Perl, etc.
Definately

check out the example sites on the Mapserver page, under 'Gallery'.

If you have more questions, feel free to ask me. The tricky part
is=20
usually setting up the mapfile correctly.

Wenn Sie verstehen nicht, ich kann auf Deutsch schreiben, aber es
ist=20
nicht sehr gut. (und es ist langsamer f=FCr mich)

Richard

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