Thanks Jesse. I'll run with the operations idea and see how I go. Roger
Quoting Jesse Eichar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Sounds Interesting. I think what you want to do depends on you requirements. Here's an possible design (remember that I don't know exactly how you want it): You can create a org.eclipse.ui.ActionSet extension that opens a file chooser dialog allowing a user to select a seismic navigation file. The operation will then create a shapefile from the file and maybe create a new map with the shapefile layer. Or it might just add the layer to the open map. Another possibility is to make a net.refractions.udig.ui.operation extension that is enabled when you select a map. The operation would do the same as above but would add the layer to the selected map. A final and rather more complex possibility is to create a 1. Datastore that can read the seismic file. 2. A catalog plugin so that udig can use the datastore 3. Create an operation that can operate on layers whose resources are seismic files. The operation would translate the layer to shapefile. This is obviously a lot of work and unless you want to be able to view the seismic files without translating them to shapefiles I wouldn't recommend it. Hope this helps, Jesse Roger Loweth wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm new to uDig but not to Eclipse or GIS. I want to build a translator which > will pick attributes and posiitons out of a seismic navigation file and make a > shapefile (multipoint Z, many attributes). > > Is the dataWizards extension point the best place to put this? And where can I > find the source code for the existing wizards, so I can get a handle on what I'm > doing? > > I have successfully downloaded the latest SDK and built the distanceTool - very > straightforward thanks. > > If I can get this to work I would like to build a more generalized translator > which I'd then submit to the community. > > Cheers, Roger > > _______________________________________________ > User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) > http://udig.refractions.net > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel > _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
