Hi Mifan, thanks for all the updates. I have a problem with the IRC time, since I already have a bussiness meeting in your proposed timeframe. Would it be possible to anticipate by 3 hours?
That would be: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=uDIG+IRC&iso=20110630T09&ah=1 Andrea On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Mifan Careem <[email protected]> wrote: > I have come up with a revised version of the catalog browse view concept C > here [1]. This is based on the shortcomings of the previous concept B here > [2]. Please take a look at the suggestions. Hopefully this would solve most > of the scenarios, if not all. > I can explain this in detail in the IRC chat we plan to have on Thursday [3] > to see whether this fits the bill. > 1 > - http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/GSoC+2011+-+Catalog+View+Reports#GSoC2011-CatalogViewReports-conceptc > 2 > - http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/GSoC+2011+-+Catalog+View+Reports#GSoC2011-CatalogViewReports-conceptb > 3 > - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=uDIG+IRC&iso=20110630T12&ah=1 > Cheers > Mifan > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> The feature type is often the name of the file; and consists of the >> attribute columns defined for that shapefile. >> >> -- >> Jody Garnett >> >> On Wednesday, 22 June 2011 at 9:17 PM, Mifan Careem wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> I'm working on some additional scenarios for the catalog view, and it is >> quite difficult to come up with a one-solution-that-fits all solution - >> thanks for pointer Andrea - I'm trying to figure out how to handle loads of >> shapefiles from the local file system. >> Quick question - in terms of a Shapefile, what would Feature Type be? Is >> it POINT, LINE or POLYGON or can it be something else? >> Thanks >> Mifan >> >> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Mifan Careem <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Andrea, >> Sure - I'll put up some examples for the other types on the wiki. It is >> interesting since the view I had doesn't help a situation where there are >> say 100 shapefiles loaded from the filesystem, which still shows up as a 100 >> shapefiles in the 'Service' view. >> Mifan >> >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:13 AM, andrea antonello >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Mifan, >> can you make more examples of your wortkflow for different data types? >> You tend to make examples just with remote services and I want to make >> sure all the different types have a proper way to be handled. >> >> What would happen for example with: >> - shapefiles >> - folder of shapefiles >> - tiff >> - asc >> - folder with tiff and asc >> - folder with tiff and shapefiles >> - postgis connection >> - no4j connection (or H2 or sqlite) >> -... any other thought? >> >> I can be around for IRC for about 1/2 an hour at the same time as last >> time. >> >> Ciao, >> Andrea >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Mifan Careem <[email protected]> wrote: >> > HI All, >> > Based on the last IRC breakout on the Catalog View, I've come up with a >> > 2nd >> > draft of a possible view: >> > >> > http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/GSoC+2011+-+Catalog+View+Reports#GSoC2011-CatalogViewReports-catalogscenario1 >> > Scenario 1 here is trying to keep it as simple as possible, before >> > moving to >> > the multi-select (scenario 2) and configurable start components >> > (scenario >> > 3). I'd love to hear your thought on this and verify whether the >> > thinking >> > here is right. The use case for Scenario 1 is as follows: >> > >> > The catalog lists the Service Types (File, Database, Web Services, >> > Other, >> > Decorator). The other components (Service, DataType and Layers) are >> > blank >> > User selects the Web Services Service Type >> > The Services component is then filled with the Services that fall under >> > the >> > selected Services Type (FGDC WMS, ESRI WMS, Geoserver WFS etc.) >> > The user selects the MassGIS WFS. This populates the DataType component >> > with >> > the FeatureTypes. >> > The user select the FeatureType. This loads the Layers relevant to the >> > feature type. Usually this might be a 1:1 mapping >> > >> > Should we have another IRC to discuss this further? >> > Cheers >> > Mifan >> > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Mifan: >> >> Sorry for joining the conversation late :-) I am very enthusiastic >> >> about >> >> your work - and also your questions as they will help motivate me to >> >> iron on >> >> the wrinkles in the catalog api. >> >> >> >> Services -> Layer -> Type >> >> This is from Jody's original proposal. >> >> Services would be a list of services that are loaded >> >> Layers would be the layers >> >> Types would be the types of layers >> >> (An image is available in [2] named Version 3, under the June 10 Weekly >> >> Report) >> >> >> >> Small clarification; I was not sure what to really do for the last >> >> column >> >> as i had a number of "things" I wanted to communicate: >> >> - type (as you indicated); the annoying part is that type forms a >> >> "tree" >> >> (with the vast majority of types simply extending feature) >> >> - style (I have a change proposal I need to sort out on this topic; but >> >> basically styles are organised by feature type - as feature type >> >> indicates >> >> what geometry and attributes are available to be drawn) >> >> - friends (if the data was available via another service we consider >> >> both >> >> layers to be "friends"). This is actually an "association" but friends >> >> makes >> >> udig a more user-friendly experience :P >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
