[Geoserver-devel] RE: [Mapbuilder-devel] Caps document to configure?

Hi,

I've got a mapbuilder configuration which will read in a WMS caps document
and convert that to a context to show as a map.

I've never worked with struts before, but I think I've managed to hack in a
little map in the Geoserver sidebar that updates automatically as you
add/delete/modify data in geoserver config. I tried deleting a data store,
and then adding it back, and the map changed automatically at every step. I
would attach a screen grab but the security settings on my mail client are
preventing that.

We could probably also put together a full page to edit the resulting
context doc (turn layers on/off/delete, reorder layers, etc.)

Let me know if this would be useful and I can provide the changes, (probably
not until Monday though).

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Holmes [mailto:cholmes@anonymised.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:25 PM
To: Adair, Mike
Cc: 'Shorter, Cameron';
mapbuilder-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; David Blasby
Subject: RE: [Mapbuilder-devel] Caps document to configure?

I think dblasby has reprojection fixes for beta4. And yes, I
think you
understand what I want Mike. And yeah, a little map below
the health bars
would be pretty slick, and then I think a bigger one for the
demo section,
move the current demo section to a 'sample requests' sub-section.

C

On Thu, 19 May 2005, Adair, Mike wrote:

> That contextEditor demo is more for building up a Context
document one layer
> at a time through a discovery process.
>
> I think what Chris has in mind is the WmsCapabilities
import widget in
> demo/complete which converts a WMS caps document into a
Context document.
> (It's currently hanging my browser though and should be
implemented slightly
> differently in the current design). I look into this some more.
>
> The one problem with this that you will encounter is
combining layers that
> are served in incompatible SRSs, although this may be
solved with recent
> geoserver fixes? (I'm still running 1.3 beta2, waiting for
beta4 tomorrow to
> upgrade).
>
> I think it would be cool to put a map right on the
geoserver config pages,
> perhaps in the left column below the health-check bars
showing the data
> being served. And add in some zoom buttons and visibility
toggling...
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mapbuilder-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
> > [mailto:mapbuilder-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On
> > Behalf Of Shorter, Cameron
> > Sent: May 18, 2005 7:27 PM
> > To: Chris Holmes; mapbuilder-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: RE: [Mapbuilder-devel] Caps document to configure?
> >
> > Have a look at Mike's Web Map Context editor demo:
> >
http://bikemap.openearth.com.au:8080/mapbuilder/demo/contextEditor/
> >
> > It allows you to build a Web Map Context from
Capabilities documents.
> > Is this what you are looking for?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Chris Holmes [mailto:cholmes@anonymised.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 18 May 2005 11:19 PM
> > > To: mapbuilder-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: [Mapbuilder-devel] Caps document to configure?
> > >
> > > Hey, I was wondering if there is any way that you could
configure
> > > Mapbuilder to display all the layers in a Capabilities document.
> > > Basically what would be a _huge_ win for us is if
GeoServer users
> > > could configure their layers, and then could go to the Demo
> > section,
> > > which would be an instance of Mapbuilder displaying all
of their
> > > layers. They could then choose to turn on and off the ones
> > that they
> > > wanted. I think this could be achieved if you could just
> > point at a
> > > Capabilities document, and make the selection of layers
> > dynamic based
> > > on that. Is there a way to do this? Maybe make it so
the catalog
> > > widget can consume a W*S capabilities document? I think it
> > would be
> > > incredible if we had this capability up front, and then
users could
> > > dig further into Mapbuilder to figure out how to customize
> > their web
> > > page exactly as they wanted. But people would love it if
> > they could
> > > instantly start browsing their data.
> > >
> > > Also, dmsolutions just announced ka-map, see demo at:
> > > http://maps.dmsolutions.ca/ Might be good to see if
you guys could
> > > combine communities on the javascript side of things...
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
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Awesome, this will be great.

I would definitely like a full page with a bigger map and editing
options. Indeed I think it should probably replace our current 'demo'
page, and move that one to demo requests or something. Indeed it's
almost tempting to have the full map page on the 'welcome' page instead
of our reportings of the capability document urls. As soon as a user
fires up GeoServer she can start browsing the sample maps.

Also would be cool when your catalog widget is done to give people a
demo they can play with by searching for and adding other wms/wfs
servers to their layers.

But yes, I'm very excited about this. Looks like it'll miss beta4, but
will be a nice new feature for rc1.

Chris

Quoting "Adair, Mike" <Mike.Adair@anonymised.com>:

Hi,

I've got a mapbuilder configuration which will read in a WMS caps
document
and convert that to a context to show as a map.

I've never worked with struts before, but I think I've managed to
hack in a
little map in the Geoserver sidebar that updates automatically as you
add/delete/modify data in geoserver config. I tried deleting a data
store,
and then adding it back, and the map changed automatically at every
step. I
would attach a screen grab but the security settings on my mail
client are
preventing that.

We could probably also put together a full page to edit the resulting
context doc (turn layers on/off/delete, reorder layers, etc.)

Let me know if this would be useful and I can provide the changes,
(probably
not until Monday though).

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Holmes [mailto:cholmes@anonymised.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:25 PM
> To: Adair, Mike
> Cc: 'Shorter, Cameron';
> mapbuilder-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; David Blasby
> Subject: RE: [Mapbuilder-devel] Caps document to configure?
>
> I think dblasby has reprojection fixes for beta4. And yes, I
> think you
> understand what I want Mike. And yeah, a little map below
> the health bars
> would be pretty slick, and then I think a bigger one for the
> demo section,
> move the current demo section to a 'sample requests' sub-section.
>
> C
>
> On Thu, 19 May 2005, Adair, Mike wrote:
>
> > That contextEditor demo is more for building up a Context
> document one layer
> > at a time through a discovery process.
> >
> > I think what Chris has in mind is the WmsCapabilities
> import widget in
> > demo/complete which converts a WMS caps document into a
> Context document.
> > (It's currently hanging my browser though and should be
> implemented slightly
> > differently in the current design). I look into this some more.
> >
> > The one problem with this that you will encounter is
> combining layers that
> > are served in incompatible SRSs, although this may be
> solved with recent
> > geoserver fixes? (I'm still running 1.3 beta2, waiting for
> beta4 tomorrow to
> > upgrade).
> >
> > I think it would be cool to put a map right on the
> geoserver config pages,
> > perhaps in the left column below the health-check bars
> showing the data
> > being served. And add in some zoom buttons and visibility
> toggling...
> >
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mapbuilder-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > [mailto:mapbuilder-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On
> > > Behalf Of Shorter, Cameron
> > > Sent: May 18, 2005 7:27 PM
> > > To: Chris Holmes; mapbuilder-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: RE: [Mapbuilder-devel] Caps document to configure?
> > >
> > > Have a look at Mike's Web Map Context editor demo:
> > >
> http://bikemap.openearth.com.au:8080/mapbuilder/demo/contextEditor/
> > >
> > > It allows you to build a Web Map Context from
> Capabilities documents.
> > > Is this what you are looking for?
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Chris Holmes [mailto:cholmes@anonymised.com]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, 18 May 2005 11:19 PM
> > > > To: mapbuilder-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > Subject: [Mapbuilder-devel] Caps document to configure?
> > > >
> > > > Hey, I was wondering if there is any way that you could
> configure
> > > > Mapbuilder to display all the layers in a Capabilities
document.
> > > > Basically what would be a _huge_ win for us is if
> GeoServer users
> > > > could configure their layers, and then could go to the Demo
> > > section,
> > > > which would be an instance of Mapbuilder displaying all
> of their
> > > > layers. They could then choose to turn on and off the ones
> > > that they
> > > > wanted. I think this could be achieved if you could just
> > > point at a
> > > > Capabilities document, and make the selection of layers
> > > dynamic based
> > > > on that. Is there a way to do this? Maybe make it so
> the catalog
> > > > widget can consume a W*S capabilities document? I think it
> > > would be
> > > > incredible if we had this capability up front, and then
> users could
> > > > dig further into Mapbuilder to figure out how to customize
> > > their web
> > > > page exactly as they wanted. But people would love it if
> > > they could
> > > > instantly start browsing their data.
> > > >
> > > > Also, dmsolutions just announced ka-map, see demo at:
> > > > http://maps.dmsolutions.ca/ Might be good to see if
> you guys could
> > > > combine communities on the javascript side of things...
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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