[OpenLayers-Users] writing to my own wfs server

[Burgholzer,Robert]

I am thinking perhaps to post the data from the openlayers, and
intercept it with some php, that can then enter it into postgis via WKT
(assuming that the openlayers wfs-t object produces point cords for the
shapes, which I haven't verified, but assume that it must).

I will look at the packages to see further.

r.b.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Schmidt [mailto:crschmidt at metacarta.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 3:41 PM
To: Burgholzer,Robert
Cc: Users at openlayers.org
Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] writing to my own wfs server

On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 02:46:50PM -0400, Burgholzer,Robert wrote:
> Ahh yes, double-drat!
> 
> Don't suppose anyone has put together any PostGIS functions in
> openlayers that will permit writing a WKT feature directly to a
PostGIS
> server? I am really dreading the prospect of another map-serving
entity
> on my machine.

If you mean something that allows you to talk to PostGIS directly from a
web browser... I can't imagine how that would work. You're going to need
some kind of layer inbetween that speaks a non-binary language. 

FeatureServer is a Python CGI that is designed to speak a variety of
languages on the input side and output side, and is designed to be as
little work as possible to install. However, it requires some level of
configuration, and it is likely, or even possible, that you would be
better off with GeoServer.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta