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<DIV>Dear Dan and Bob,</DIV>
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<DIV>thank you for your prompt and comprehensive replies. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>First, all the maps are already existing, including allocation to a specific chapter (e.g. Precipitation, Surface waters, Groundwater, etc.). There might be some smaller updates and/or extensions in the future, but realistically only a small percentage of what already exists. My goal is rather to maintain convenient access to a valuable amount of information after the existing CDROM and MapObjects based version runs out of being useable.</DIV>
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<DIV>With more than 100 maps in one mapbook, users would get lost. Therefore, I like the idea of developing a small frontend that generates the desired mapbook on the fly (if I understood you right). For one map with 3-10 layers, GeoMoose is just what I have in mind.</DIV>
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<DIV>May<EM> </EM>I ask you another question? In our current MapObjects/Windows based atlas viewer, we had implemented some neat hotlink tools for some of the map layers in Visual Basic. e.g., clicking a stream gauge on the map with the hydrograph tool, the daily streamflow data for the last 30 years would be downloaded and the hydrograph be visualised in a popup window.</DIV>
<DIV>Do you think it is feasible to add such functionality also in a GeoMoose context? If yes, which tools/language would you recommend?</DIV>
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<DIV>Gratefully,</DIV>
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<DIV>Josef Fuerst</DIV>
<DIV><BR>>>> Dan Little <theduckylittle@gmail.com> 06.12.2013 20:03 >>><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>There are a number of people implementing a large collection of layers using GeoMOOSE. I know Bob B with the City of Saint Paul likes to brag about 300+ layers in his GeoMOOSE catalog. 100 or so layers will not be difficult. GeoMOOSE has the ability to break up the display of layers into groups, those groups can be analogous to chapters.
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<DIV>Also, the Mapbook is only an XML file. If you want to create some better management tools then I'd suggest the following:</DIV>
<DIV>1. Create a small django (or Rails or PHP) app that manages the layers in your organizations native structure. You can then use a small web front end and database back end to manage the organization. Then simply write a "publish to mapbook" function that write the Mapbook out for the GeoMOOSE application.</DIV>
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<DIV>2. Use your favorite text-template language. For larger projects I'll use Mako templates (python based) or a collection of Perl scripts to assemble separate files together to make one Mapbook.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Josef Fürst <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:josef.fuerst@boku.ac.at" target=_blank>josef.fuerst@boku.ac.at</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>I am exploring options to implement a hydrological atlas over the Web. The atlas contains more than 100 thematic maps, organised in 10 chapters. Each of the maps is composed of up to approx. 10 layers, generally shapefiles (and some images). Originally, this atlas was published on CD-ROM, together with a ESRI Mapobjects LT based viewer software.</DIV>
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<DIV>GeoMoose appears to be an attractive platform for implementing the atlas on the WWW at first sight, but I am not sure about the organisation of so many maps. I thought, multiple mapbooks could be a solution, but following the discussion on this list, this seems not to be a natural (and efficient) approach. </DIV>
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<DIV>I would be grateful for all recommendations based on GeoMoose, but also on alternative products. I am hesitating to go down to tools like OpenLayers.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Josef Fuerst</DIV>
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