Hello,
I would like to construct a layer that shows the current status of the
parking lots in the town where I live (current number of free spaces).
I have access to the current status in an xml file found somewhere on the
internet (it basically includes an id and number of total+occupied spaces).
The file is update continuously.
Information about the geographical positions/layout of the parking lots will
be located locally on my GeoServer instance (either in a database or one of
the supported file formats whatever is most convenient).
The information has to be combined into one layer where the color of the
parking lots indicates the current status. I need to be able to generate
both map images and GML, so the combination can not be done on the client
side.
Can anyone give me some hints on how I can solve this problem?
I post the question on the user mail list (in the hope that the answer is
simple), but please do not hesitate to give me an answer that requires
programming knowledge or bring up ideas like the development of a new
GeoTools data store or transformation of the xml file to GML, etc.
Regards and Thanks,
Tejs Scharling