Dear Mauro,
Thank you for this valuable module. What is the easiest way for me to try it 
out?

Thanks,
Roger

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From: "Mauro Bartolomeoli" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:39 AM
To: "Justin Deoliveira" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; "Andrea Aime" 
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-devel] WFS DXF OutputFormat community module 
proposal

> Just done on 1.7.x branch. Now I'll try to see if it needs any change to
> compile on trunk.
>
> Thanks,
> Mauro
>
>
> Justin Deoliveira wrote:
>> First off, nice!! I think this will be a great extension. Thanks for
>> contributing.
>>
>> Mauro Bartolomeoli wrote:
>>>
>>> Andrea Aime wrote:
>>>> Wow, this looks great, from WebGIS to the most popular CAD system.
>>>>
>>>> One question is how this overlaps with the OGR output format, as far as
>>>> I remember OGR is also able to deal with DXF... or maybe not?
>>>> http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html
>>>> Hmmm... maybe they dropped support for that due to legal issues with
>>>> OpenDWG.
>>> I have looked at it before starting the project and It seemed it was
>>> not able to export in that format (anyone expert in OGR stuff can
>>> tell us more about this?).
>>>> Another thing that comes to mind is Autocad Map, as far as I remember
>>>> it had some way to attach attributes to the geometries using block
>>>> attributes or something like that. Is this kind of output
>>>> envisaged? Just curious.
>>> For now, it's just exporting geometries, but if we can find some
>>> fundings, we can surely extend it in that direction.
>>>> Afaik one can make mixed requests, passing the format options in the
>>>> URL and the rest of the request in xml format
>>> I tried, but it seems the kvp parser complains about missing
>>> parameters if I specify only format_options (for example it complains
>>> about missing typeNames).
>> My guess is that the method of the request might be off? Are you sure
>> a POST request is being made?
>>>> As far as I remember DXF is an open spec and there are no legal
>>>> issues implementing it in a product, right?
>>>> If so, +1 for community area.
>>> Yes, I think there's no legal issue with DXF.
>>
>> I believe you are familiar with the community process Mauro, but if
>> you want a refresher:
>>
>> http://docs.geoserver.org/1.7.x/developer/policies/community-modules.html
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mauro
>>>
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