[GRASS5] Re: 6.x architecture

[John Preston]

Hi B. Byars,
I would love to join in on the development effort.

John

"B. Byars" wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> We're moving to star a GRASS 6 group.  Would you like to join the development
> effort?  It's still a ways down the road as Markus and the 5.x team is still
> wrapping
> up 5.x and will absolutely work on 5.1.  But I'd like to start soliciting ideas and
>
> input on a 6.x to begin the prelim work in the coming months.  It will take some
> time to get 6.x dev going.
>
> Bruce
>
> John Preston wrote:
>
> > Hi fellow grassers,
> > I'm new to this list but I have been using GRASS since 1992. I am writing at
> > this time as I see that a change in direction seems to be taking place in GRASS
> >
> > as we move towards 6.x.
> >
> > I have been working on a client/server, XML configurable GIS system using
> > GRASS as the backend server with a Java/Swing client as the frontend, and
> > Java servlets as the glue. The design architecture of GRASS has made it very
> > easy
> > to use GRASS in this way and I have already done a proof-of-concept phase-I
> > system http://196.3.4.220:8000/jdb/icens.sivs?class=gis, username=guest,
> > password=icens.
> >
> > The full fledged system which I hope to start soon will allow  GRASS to
> > be configured as a sort of application server, providing GIS applications
> > to a generally non-computer centric audience.
> >
> > I am writing to ask that consideration be given to maintaining the capability
> > of display generation to other than video moinitors as this feature is very
> > important to me. The possibility of on-the-fly generation and streaming of
> > video is something that I would like to develop in the new system. I understand
> >
> > the needs for 3D generation, etc, but I feel that in moving forward one
> > should always choose the most fexible path as this is what has worked
> > well for GRASS in the past.
> >
> > I would welcome feedback on what I'm trying to do and how I plan
> > to go about it.
> >
> > John Preston
> > jpreston at uwimona.edu.jm
> >
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