Let me add a number six: 6) The udig project file doesn't support relative paths? This would be mandatory to have a project starting from cd.
Cheers, Andrea Andrea Antonello probaly wrote: > Hi, this is something that was discussed a bit in the past in udig and > geotools, but I couldn't find answers to my doubts. > It deals with the need of small and simple configurable viewers based on > geotools, while geotools doesn't support the gui part any longer (at > least not regularly). I support the decision, since geotools is the > library and the viewers should be made on top of udig... > > ...BUT... udig is really a beast to tame :) and just knowing a bit of > java is not enough, while it is/was with the geotools classes. > > So here I go with some straight questions regarding the possibility to > start udig in lightweight mode (just some necessary modules) with > preloaded data from a cd: > > 1) the udig executable has no command line arguments? For example to > pass it a project to be loaded. I couldn't find any. > > 2) when launching udig from a cd, which is obviously readonly, is the > default workspace created in the home? I assume it is not possible to > have a project launched from cd, since the workspace containes > .metadata, which are read and written every time to remember the > perspective's configuration and other nice stuff. > > 3) the data instead should be no problem, even if readonly, just you > will not be able to change the style, right? > > 4) imagine to have to automagically load a whole pile of geotiffs and > geojpgs. Obviously you can't preload them, instead you could have > somewhere a list with the bounds and you could load only the visible > ones in the window and also make the visualization scaledependent. Where > could I best nest the regarding code for this? > > 5) is it the product that one creates to keep the packaging infos, i.e. > if I create a viewer with just sdk classes and no others, than will > anyone be able to recreate that viewer just by having the product plugin? > > > Thanks for any help that you will (hopefully) give me :) > > Andrea > > > _______________________________________________ > User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) > http://udig.refractions.net > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel > -- ____________________________________________________________________________ HydroloGIS - Environmental Safety Modelling www.hydrologis.com Andrea Antonello Environmental Engineer mobile: +393288497722 "Let it be as much a great honour to take as to give learning, if you want to be called wise." Skuggsja' - The King's mirror - 1240 Reykjavik ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
