[udig-devel] RE: uDig WMC support

["Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]" <Tom.Kralidis@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info.

I agreee that WMC can't store non-WMS stuff for now (stay tuned, it's on
the way).

Are there any requirements for saving loading views?  And the format of
such a 'project'?  If yes, I'm guessing you're using XML to save state,
in which case adding a WMC exporter won't be much trouble.

If this is the case, I'll gladly write the Java WMC exporter based on
the framework you deploy.

..Tom




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jody Garnett [mailto:jgarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 September, 2004 21:34
> To: Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]
> Cc: User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS
> Subject: Re: uDig WMC support
> 
> 
> Thanks for the email Tom:
> 
> We did use the WMS Context document as a starting point for our 
> requirements.
> 
> >Was this not chosen for any particular reason?  It seems logical to 
> >enable saving and loading of views in something like uDig.
> >  
> >
> It was not chosen as it did not meet all our needs. As an example  we 
> need to store some connection information to allow Project 
> files to be 
> emailed between user's (conversly these files should not 
> store username 
> and password).
> 
> We were hoping a plugin could be written to import and export 
> a Map to 
> and from the WMS Context Specification.  We had to be very 
> careful about 
> our "requirements" to make sure we did not bite off more then 
> we could chew.
> 
> Indeed writing a WMS Context Import/Export Wizards is high on 
> my list of 
> plugins to recomend to volunteers.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jody
> 
> 
>