+1 and I like the idea of tools used to help people make requests Jody
On 31/12/2010, at 3:04 AM, Gabriel Roldán wrote: > +1. Good stuff. Just wonder if we should put it under tools instead of > demos? > > Cheers, > Gabriel > On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 13:12 +0100, Andrea Aime wrote: >> Hi, >> during the last two days I've spent some hours trying to build >> another request builder. >> >> Given the good success of the WPS one, and seeing as I hoped that >> it makes playing with WPS much easier, getting new users started >> and giving devs a tool to try their processes quickly, I've decided to >> make one for GeoServer's black sheep service, WCS. >> >> I say black sheep because it's undoubtedly the less used and as >> a result the less debugged of the available OWS services. >> With good reason, and it's not because nobody likes rasters, but >> more because both WCS 1.0 and WCS 1.1 requests are stupidly >> hard to build by hand. >> >> I've just attached to http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-4282 a >> patch that adds said builder along with a couple of screenshots. >> >> Highlights: >> - allows to build both WCS 1.0 and WCS 1.1 requests >> - figures out the obscure params for you, but also allows one to >> fill them in manually >> >> Issues: >> - it makes it painfully clear that WCS reprojection is not quite >> working (in neither versions) >> - the grid layout parameter guessing code could certainly use >> some more love >> - the CRS choosers are still open ended, they should allow >> only for the CRSs declared in the coverage description instead >> - band selection is still missing (that's probably the first thing >> I'm going to add) >> - they are brand new so quite possibly buggy >> - they use ajax a lot, this makes unit testing them quite hard >> (in my experience WicketTester support for forms that have >> a lot of dynamic elements leaves a lot to be desired) >> >> I personally see more pros than cons and I'd like to commit the >> patch in the web-wcs module, hoping this will trigger some >> more usage and development on the WCS side. >> >> However this is a decision that needs to be taken as a group, >> since this would be fresh code getting straight into core (even if >> it's just a demo panel). >> >> Opinions, feedback welcomed >> >> Cheers >> Andrea >> >> PS: anyone up to build a WFS request builder? WFS requests >> are easy but very often people get the syntax slightly wrong ;-) >> >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> Ing. Andrea Aime >> Senior Software Engineer >> >> GeoSolutions S.A.S. >> Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 >> 55054 Massarosa (LU) >> Italy >> >> phone: +39 0584962313 >> fax: +39 0584962313 >> >> http://www.geo-solutions.it >> http://geo-solutions.blogspot.com/ >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaaime >> http://twitter.com/geowolf >> >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers >> to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, >> and, >> should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database >> without downtime or disruption >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl >> _______________________________________________ >> Geoserver-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > > -- > Gabriel Roldan > [email protected] > Expert service straight from the developers > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
