[OSGeo-Discuss] Integration test bed thingy at FOSS4G

[Arnulf Christl]

Our 2ct for the Integration Showcase:

> PS. I am really hoping that anyone good at MapServer will take a run at 
> the problem.

We are interested in consuming WMS and WFS services in our application Mapbender. We do not need the Online Resources or FeatureTypes of the services now because we want to add the services during the FOSS4G2007 Integration Showcase. 

Unfortunately the Mapbender workshop W-03 is at the same time that Jeff and MapStorer lab and during the whole conference at the OSGeo booth. Potentially the outcome of a previous workshop could be this WMS... (dream on).

We share Jody's hope that someone from the MapServer community is actually setting up a WMS for or during FOSS4G. 

For example W05:  
Tom Kralidis
Environmennt Canada
Daniel Morissette
MapGears

Additionally we hope that someone from the GeoServer community will do the same for a WFS-T. 

[W07] Introduction to Geospatial Collaboration using Geoserver
Chris Holmes
The Open Planning Project

And so on.

The WhereGroup will contribute a generic GeoServer WFS-T with the Canadian SRS so that people can add notes, make appointments in Victoria during the conference and so on. At the start of the conference we let the url out of the bag.

The integration success is if gvSIG and MapBuilder and uDIG can all write to the same WFS. A corresponding map is generated by a MapServer WMS that looks into the same database. Anybody at FOSS4G who can consume these WMS and WFS has access to these feature types and maps and make appointments and view them and send them to others with the tools of her choice.

If everybody simply uses the same data and makes sure that what they do is well documented by EduCom then a life OSGeo SDI with documentation and curriculum will evolve. Some tidying can be done during the Friday Developers Code Sprint. 

Sounds like a cool conference that I am looking very much forward to. 31 days to go. 

Best regards, 
Arnulf

PS:
How does the Demonstration Theatre tie into this?
http://www.foss4g2007.org/exhibition/demotheatre/