+1 Good Job, Martin!
On Tue, 5 May 2020 at 06:12, Adam Estrada <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > -- Charitha Elvitigala
