Very cool stuff, Martin! A
Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2020, at 7:24 PM, Martin Desruisseaux > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all > > We have been silent for a very long time, sorry for that. The development has > been active on the "geoapi-4.0" branch (about 32,000 line of code added, not > counting comments), but few changes have been merged to master yet. The merge > has been delayed because of reviews not yet completed in two packages > (filters and access to PostGIS database). Inconvenient is that when ready, > the merge may be quite large… > > Work done since SIS 1.0 release in September 2019 includes: > > * Spatial filters. > * A query language (CQL) for applying those filters. > * Use of PostGIS spatial database. > * Base class for portrayal (i.e. rendering of maps). > * Base class for reproducing some of the functionalities of Java > Advanced Imaging (JAI) library. > * Beginning of a JavaFX application for those who have JavaFX > preinstalled (we do not redistribute it). > * New map projections (Modified Azimuthal Equidistant, > Cassini-Soldner, Orthographic, Satellite-Tracking). > > I updated the roadmap on the wiki: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SIS/Roadmap > > The JavaFX application is currently used as a testing tools for checking SIS > capability to read, transform and visualize data files. However we try to > make it usable by non-developers too (JavaFX must be preinstalled, we do not > declare Maven dependencies to JavaFX for licensing reasons). It can not > compete with existing GIS applications yet, but SIS has some in strong points > in "metadata" and "referencing by coordinates" aspects that may make this > application interesting in the future: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SIS/JavaFX+application > > We have been weak on communication in the last months and I hope we can fix > that. If there is any question about the ongoing work or things that you > would like to change, please let us know. If the current work direction is > okay, then a next topic would be about next release (1.0.1 or 1.1). > > Martin > >
