Hey Chris, Yes, I did some GIS work a few months ago. What I did was add a WFS interface to OFBiz. It is WfsEventHandler class in webapp.event. I did a lot of work with GeoServer (http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home) and MapBuilder (http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Home) for the client side. I used MySQL for a geo spatial DB. I think GeoServer is definitely the way to go for the server since it is Java based and I had no trouble including it in my ofbiz tomcat setup. There is an effort to consolidate many of the various client packages (such as OpenLayers) and MapBuilder seems to be at the forefront of that effort (it uses OpenLayers to render, but adds an XML syntax for implementing client frontends.
It is a very exciting time for the GIS community as they are working together to create products and mashups that are the same sort of Goliath-killers in the GIS world that OFBiz is becoming in the ERP world. I also did a GeoRSS interface so that I could add markers to Google Maps, but I did not see how to add that to the ofbiz base code. I would be willing to share that code if we can see where to add it. See http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOSDOC/GeoRSS. I think the WFS interface is the critical part, as it lets you use other servers like GeoServer to server up the base GIS layers, but lets you use OFBiz to store and server the "points of interest". I only modeled points with my WfsEventHandler class. It needs to be extended to do a rectangular "find". One of the key things that I did was implement the "ogc:filter" using FreeMarker templates. That is the part that needs to be extended to implement the rectangular find. If you are not familiar with the WFS, WMS and WCS standards, you need to be. They are what make all the synergy possible. It has been a few months since I have had a chance to work on it (which might as well be a few years at my age) so you might want to google "gis" and "ofbiz" to see what else I had to say about it. I would be glad to discuss and work on something more substantial for ofbiz, but I am not actively working on GIS at the moment, so my time will be limited. -Al On 11/26/07, Chris Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just completed a rather remedial GIS implementation (very poorly > designed, but works for it's purpose). Anyone have any > interest/experience/intelligent thought with this? > > >
