mhm.. well in theory ot should be easy to make such a script. But the level is in the detail: if you have two polygons, what distance do you return? the shortest, i.e. boundary to boundary?, or the centroids? an additional (button) function could indeed work
stefan Rahkonen Jukka schrieb: > Hi, > > I agree totally with Larry. OpenJump is already a very productive editing > tool. Connecting routines which are used hundreds of times per day to menu > shortcut or toolbar button does not only speed up the work but it also cuts > down the number of errors, and perhaps most important, it makes the work much > less irritating. And it seems to be that a very useful features can be added > by writing a lines of scripting code. I think that we should have a script > library somewhere in OpenJump wiki. As an example I must create some screen > captures about how to use a fine script made by Larry for assisting in > generating Web Coverage Service requests. I also notised a Jython script for > measuring distance between two selected features from GvSIG mailing list. > Perhaps it could be modified to work with OpenJump as well because the real > work is done by JTS. Link to this sript is here: > > http://n2.nabble.com/Distance-using-Jython-td4139275.html#a4139275 > > What I am missing most in OpenJump is the ability to write edited data back > to the database. > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > Larry Becker wrote: > > >> Thanks for the feedback Michaël and Stefan. In case anyone out there is >> wondering what is the use of a toolbox that can only reuse existing menu >> features, it is all about optimizing work flow. I believe we have an >> opportunity to position OpenJump as being the best tool for data creation >> and editing. The EZ Buttons function furthers that aim by allowing users to >> optimize repetitive tasks. EZ Buttons can be used in conjunction with >> BeanTools scripting for the creation of custom tools. However, I do intend >> to eventually revisit Jukka's idea of a quick-and-easy custom data entry >> tool for ad hoc field digitizing. > >> regards, >> Larry > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
