[Mapserver-inspire] MapServer and INSPIRE

[Martin Kofahl]

Thomas,
can you give an outline about remaining work? I see union layers finished, concept for multilingualism existing, ...

Kind regards,
Martin

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:38:33 +0200
> Von: thomas bonfort <thomas.bonfort at gmail.com>
> An: "Passmore, James H." <jpass at bgs.ac.uk>
> CC: "mapserver-inspire at lists.osgeo.org" <mapserver-inspire at lists.osgeo.org>
> Betreff: Re: [Mapserver-inspire] MapServer and INSPIRE

> James,
> trunk will be entering release-mode at the beginning of 2012, so the
> actual release would probably be around end of february.
> Speaking of inspire specifically, at the code sprint in Denver we came
> to the conclusion that we are in a rather desperate need of funding to
> finish off the work that was started during the summer-of-code program
> so that the inspire features can be cleanly integrated for the next
> release. If you or any other organization following this list is in a
> position to help with funding, please do speak up on this list so we
> can get this rolling. I would also imagine that an earlier release
> containing only the inspire improvements could be a possibility.
> 
> best regards,
> thomas
> 
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 17:27, Passmore, James H. <jpass at bgs.ac.uk> wrote:
> > I'm not sure if I ever believe the MapServer roadmap (or maybe I just
> don't understand what it's telling me).  Can anyone provide a heads up as
> when MapServer 6.2 might be released?  And importantly will it be the first
> WMS server software to support INSPIRE multi-lingual services?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > James
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mapserver-inspire-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapserver-inspire-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Morissette
> > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 3:59 AM
> > To: mapserver-inspire at lists.osgeo.org
> > Subject: Re: [Mapserver-inspire] MapServer and INSPIRE
> >
> > On 11-04-16 03:08 PM, Martin Kofahl wrote:
> >> Thanks to James, I could easily extend the GetCapabilities output for
> scenario 1 and focused on multi-language support for now. We could take
> advantage of MapServer variable substitution from url.
> >>
> >> Please take a look at
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3608#comment:11
> >>
> >
> > I see that you raised priority on the ticket, possibly in the hope that
> > we can fit this in 6.0? This caught the attention of the release
> > manager. ;-)
> >
> > Unfortunately I think it's too late to put this in 6.0 and this should
> > be pushed to 6.2. Note that there are talks of doing a 6.2 in the summer
> > (definitely before FOSS4G) so the delay would not be too long. In the
> > meantime users who require this level of INSPIRE support could apply the
> > patch locally, but there are a few reasons why I think we should wait
> > until 6.2 for the official release of this code:
> >
> > 1- We are way past the 6.0 feature freeze and this is clearly a new
> > feature and not a bug fix
> >
> > 2- Unless I'm mistaken, this patch addresses only a subset of the
> > INSPIRE requirements and may not be compatible with a more complete
> > solution that would come in 6.2 to more widely address INSPIRE
> > requirements (what this mapserver-inspire group needs to work on)...
> > what I mean is that once something like this is released, it will be
> > nearly impossible to take it out, so I'd rather wait until we have a
> > solid solution instead of putting something in that we may have to take
> > back out later.
> >
> > What do others think?
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Morissette
> > http://www.mapgears.com/
> > Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mapserver-inspire mailing list
> > Mapserver-inspire at lists.osgeo.org
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-inspire
> >
> > --
> > This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC
> > is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents
> > of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless
> > it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to
> > NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mapserver-inspire mailing list
> > Mapserver-inspire at lists.osgeo.org
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-inspire
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Mapserver-inspire mailing list
> Mapserver-inspire at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-inspire