Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

OL3/4 var ghybrid = new ol.layer.Tile({ preload: Infinity, source: new ol.source.TileImage({ attributions: [ new ol.Attribution({ html: ' Google Map

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

The line of code for adding Google Maps to OpenLayers 3 or 4 is: new ol.layer.Tile({ source: new ol.source.TileImage({url: 'http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}'}) }) -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html __

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We do have a contract to use the Google API, so that's good news. On Wed, Jan 24, 2018, 4:07 PM GordonL wrote: > If you want to pay for Google APIs, you could use the TILES in OpenLayers > 4: > > > > > > -- > Sent from: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html > ___

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If you want to pay for Google APIs, you could use the TILES in OpenLayers 4: -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Sorry, but Google Maps is such a technical and legal minefield that I will not even entertain the thought of integrating Google Maps into mapguide-react-layout if the underlying libraries I'm using (ie. OpenLayers) do not support it. This was supported in OpenLayers 2.x (that Fusion uses), so Goog

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That is most *definitely* my intention. I want this PSC to have 8 active members. - Jackie -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osge

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

guide-users [mailto:mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jackie Ng Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 2:15 PM To: mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS This is why I hate having to maintain the mapguide.osgeo.org web site. It has so

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In response to my incomplete gibberish: > I asked for a PSC reboot nearly 3 years ago in this thread (http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/PSC-overhaul-td5142668.html). In this thread, Bob, Tom, Bruce and Paul declared they wanted to step aside. Kevin Campbell from Autodesk. That was meant to

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

This is why I hate having to maintain the mapguide.osgeo.org web site. It has so much out-of-date information (of which the PSC page is one of), but the editing controls are so horrible that the site is suffering from bit-rot and lots of pages I don't know about (like this PSC page) will have out

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Thanks for the clarification Jackie. I am hoping for a bright future for MGOS and was worried that things might go off-the-rails. Onward and upward. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users m

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The source code is public (it always has been) "Open Source" is like politics, we are merely having perpetual disagreements over free(dom) vs free(as in beer) regarding software and how its source code can be used by other parties. I'm of the opinion that the current LGPL license strikes a good b

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Is it possible to include an invite or some other way to encourage Autodesk involvement to clear up and offer some assistance to address these concerns? Original Message Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS From: Martin Morrison <martin.morri...@edsi.com>

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

[mailto:mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of GordonL Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 10:01 AM To: mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS Yes, the number one priority is to fill in the gaps left by Autodesk. They don't have to be pretty,

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Yes, the number one priority is to fill in the gaps left by Autodesk. They don't have to be pretty, just work for now. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists

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ide-users@lists.osgeo.org> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS I'm not an expert on licensing but isn't the whole point "open source" to make the source code public? I was hopeful for MGOS but am a little concerned now. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.na

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I'm not an expert on licensing but isn't the whole point "open source" to make the source code public? I was hopeful for MGOS but am a little concerned now. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-us

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I am against GPL too. We have a lot of stuff build on the Maestro API and integrated in the ajax viewer. If MapGuide was changed to GPL licensen, we would pull the plug, because we do not want all of our source code to go public. Why hand all our golden egs to our competitions ? Same reason we hav

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Well here's a pre-emptive -1 from me. Because I will *never* support any move to the GPL license. - Jackie -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org h

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Hi, > if the licensing is problematic, perhaps we should review it. Changing Mapguide *OS license from LGPL to GPL or AGPL* could be a good point to take to the current Project Steering Committee !!! [Bob Bray (Chair), Bruce Dechant, Tom Fukushima, Haris Kurtag

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Yes. It's all part of the same commitment. Yes we want more people to adopt it. Yes we free software developers should support each other. Yes if the licensing is problematic, perhaps we should review it. The future of MapGuide still requires the active participation of its developers, users,

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

:mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On > Behalf Of *Ricardo Pinho > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 16, 2018 3:03 PM > *To:* MapGuide Users Mail List > *Subject:* Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS > > > > Sorry Gordon, but I must disagree on that statement! > >

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9L1R8Lw> www.edsi.com<http://www.edsi.com> From: mapguide-users [mailto:mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Ricardo Pinho Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 3:03 PM To: MapGuide Users Mail List Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS Sorry Gordon, but I must di

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Sorry Gordon, but I must disagree on that statement! The *beauty of Free and Open Source is all about it's License*, that promotes 4 liberties: use, share, modify and distribute! And the success of of OS depends on the Developers community! Since Autodesk as adopted LGPL for Mapguide Open Source,

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The bright-ness is about who uses it. The more we use it, the more likely it becomes a standard. The success of Open Source is not sales but community participation and adoption. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html

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it might be an idea to try the OGR Provider... for DWG... http://www.gdal.org/drv_cad.html -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.os

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Yes a big thanks to Jackie for sure! -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users

[mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

I just want to say thanks to Jackie for his excellent work. Alen Kelemen url: http:// www.edc.hr mailto: alen.kele...@edc.hr ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org https

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Now that AIMS is no more, would you consider adding Google Maps support in the React viewer? This is very important for us. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@li

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As far as the Oracle FDO compared to the SLKing provider, I believe that the SLKing does not have the same built-in functions as the AIMS provider. It's been a while since I compared so I could be wrong. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html _

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Hi Jackie, While Maestro may accomplish many of the same tasks as Studio, Studio's UI is for the most part much more user friendly. For my users, Maestro looks like it was built by programmers for programmers. My clients are not programmers. If someone where to make Maestro look and feel and us

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

@torrini Yes, it is for Windows. The patch only contains the changes to the source needed to compile the code, so you need to be able to compile (i.e. have Visual Studio 2015 installed) after applying the patch. Step by step, assuming Visual Studio 2015, ECW SDK, and TortoiseSVN are installed: * C

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@morkl Right on cue! I was just dealing with ECW in 3.1 and already thought about switching to TIF or something else. Now, as I am new to the development thing, how can I use your patch?! Is it suitable for Windows? -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html _

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If we could enable SDF support in a load procedure of Maestro- that would be great. It is a very fast way to store spatial data that doesn't change often. Also, Composite Symbology and Offset Symbology is currently much easier to use in Studio. Full disclosure tho - I am more cartographer than prog

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FWIW, I have been able to build GDAL 1.10 from FDO Trunk with ECW support (API version 5.0, SDK version 5.3) using MSVC2015 with some minor changes to nmake.opt (see attached patch). We don't have the required license so I haven't done any serious testing, but it seemed to work as a drop-in replac

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

https://www.tbview.de/ Rob Von: mapguide-users [mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]" im Auftrag von "Bruno Scott [bsc...@geomapgis.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2018 15:56 An: mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org Betreff: [mapguide-users] Movi

[mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Hi all, There is another part of AIMS that is going to disappear : The ex-Topobase features. Very powerful stuff developed with a strong DotNet API. The modules developed with this api is available to AutoDesk Map and AIMS. We are gone to missed that one. And i don't see any replacement :-( Bruno

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Please don't misunderstand. My comment was more who else is willing so as not to burden you... From: mapguide-users on behalf of Jackie Ng Sent: Monday, January 8, 2018 10:56 PM To: mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

We moved from AIMS to MGOS about 5 years ago. Autodesk told us, to be able to sell AIMS we had to start selling all of Autodesks products. That is when we decided to go Open Source. Support from Autodesk was crap and just to obtain a license took 1-2 weeks. New support personal all the time and cou

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Agreed On Jan 8, 2018 9:54 PM, "Jackie Ng" wrote: The future is as bright as the community wants it to be. - Jackie -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.

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Last I heard, DWG provider uses a super-proprietary RealDWG toolkit from Autodesk which carries a technical and legal minefield of constraints on how that toolkit can be used. - Jackie -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___

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Besides not working on Linux, where does the King Oracle provider fall short compared to the Autodesk one? If you want custom GDAL with ECW support (ala. https://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/MGOSGdalProviderFor26And30) we have to update FDO trunk to build against GDAL 2.0(.2) and backport this to

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

What is not "free and open source" about MGOS? Because this is the mapguide-users mailing list discussing MapGuide Open Source, not the Autodesk forums discussing a now defunct commercial product. - Jackie -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html __

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Do you know the specifics of where the King Oracle provider falls short over the Autodesk one, that prevents you from using it over the adsk one? - Jackie -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-user

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I don't want or intend to be the sole "silo of knowledge" for MapGuide/FDO. If there are competent C++ developers willing to step up to the plate, I'm happy to impart whatever knowledge and guidance. - Jackie -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___

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The future is as bright as the community wants it to be. - Jackie -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ma

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Besides loading/converting DWGs, what does Studio do better that MapGuide Maestro doesn't? - Jackie -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org https://l

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That would be a hopeful happening if you put trust in Autodesk saying that they want to improve the "delivering of technologies that improve the exchange of data and information between GIS tools and [Autodesk's] BIM design solutions. It strengthens [Autodesk's] ability to enable more connected GIS

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Seeing that Autodesk previously owned MapGuide and made it open-source, would they now donate the code for Studio and the Oracle and ECW FDO providers etc? We use Oracle so bringing the SLKing FDO up to par with Oracles's provider would be nice. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com

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How bright is the future of MGOS? I have used it at least 5 years, but after those news, I'm a little worried. Is it really reasonable to start seeking some other GIS platforms? Kajar -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___

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tructure Application Engineer/Systems Analyst > Engineering Design Systems, Inc. > 540.345.1410 > martin.morri...@edsi.com > > > www.edsi.com > > -Original Message- > From: mapguide-users [mailto:mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On > Behalf Of Nilsson, Dan >

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

[mailto:mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Nilsson, Dan Sent: Monday, January 8, 2018 12:55 PM To: MapGuide Users Mail List Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS Gordon, how about the dwg provider? Is that also possible in the OpenSource version? Dan Nilsson >

Re: [mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Gordon, how about the dwg provider? Is that also possible in the OpenSource version? Dan Nilsson > 8 jan. 2018 kl. 18:52 skrev Manoj Desai : > > Gordon, > > We also need a better replacement for Studio. > > Manoj > > > > -- > Sent from: > https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?

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Gordon, We also need a better replacement for Studio. Manoj -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607.html ___ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguid

[mapguide-users] Moving to MGOS from AIMS

Hi All, since Autodesk's announcement yesterday that they are dropping AIMS, I have been thinking what we need to add to MGOS to make it fill in the gaps left by AIMS. Two key FDO Providers are: Raster for ECW/SID KING Oracle FDO These two FDO providers are key in the commercial arena. I hope