Re: [Geoserver-devel] Modification to support custom dimensions for coverage layers

2012-02-23 Thread Mike Benowitz
geowolf wrote > > That works once things are configured, but how does a user configure > dimensions from the GUI or from REST config, which mind, are the > only supported configuration mechanisms? (you directly writing the files > is not a supported way, the on disk file format can and will chang

Re: [Geoserver-devel] Modification to support custom dimensions for coverage layers

2012-02-18 Thread Andrea Aime
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Mike Benowitz wrote: > Andrea, > > Thanks for your reply. Regarding the three concerns you expressed: > > 1) I think distinguishing dimension metadata from other random metadata can > be handled without changing the API or relying on a naming convention. From > wh

Re: [Geoserver-devel] Modification to support custom dimensions for coverage layers

2012-02-16 Thread Mike Benowitz
Andrea, Thanks for your reply. Regarding the three concerns you expressed: 1) I think distinguishing dimension metadata from other random metadata can be handled without changing the API or relying on a naming convention. From what I can tell, dimension entries in the coverage.xml file are distin

Re: [Geoserver-devel] Modification to support custom dimensions for coverage layers

2012-02-16 Thread Andrea Aime
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Mike Benowitz wrote: > Hello, > > I am working on some modifications to allow GeoServer to support dimensions > other than TIME and ELEVATION for coverage layers, and I was wondering if > this group could comment on whether this approach is reasonable, and also >

[Geoserver-devel] Modification to support custom dimensions for coverage layers

2012-02-15 Thread Mike Benowitz
Hello, I am working on some modifications to allow GeoServer to support dimensions other than TIME and ELEVATION for coverage layers, and I was wondering if this group could comment on whether this approach is reasonable, and also what it would take to get my changes included in the mainline GeoSe