[Java-collab] JUMP Lib and GeoScript

Stefan Steiniger sstein at geo.uzh.ch
Fri Oct 5 18:22:29 PDT 2012


Hi Justin,

OpenJUMP does not utilize GeoTools. We have some things for plugins from 
older GeoTools versions, but in general there isn't any dependency as it 
is rather built on JTS.

so, nothing new to you
stefan

Am 05.10.12 20:19, schrieb Justin Deoliveira:
> Hey Landon,
>
> A java geoscript implementation has been an idea that has floated
> around. The idea behind geoscript is to provide a higher level api for
> geotools that is much easier to use and focused purely on convenience
> for scripting languages. The same could certainly apply to straight java
> as well.
>
> I admit I am not up to the latest on how OpenJUMP and geotools fit
> together. Does OpenJUMP utilize geotools in any way?
>
> Anyways, certainly interested in continuing the conversation.
>
> -Justin
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Landon Blake
> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com <mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I recently posted a message to the OpenJUMP and deegree Project
>     mailing lists about organizing an effort to extract core parts of
>     OpenJUMP (especially the simple feature model) into a stand alone
>     library called JUMP Lib. (My original message is here:
>     http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CALJ1OBUVo3AtKykAP6MqX%2BuO5d--pMDZdFq0cFPizJ2HZoJSCw%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=jump-pilot-devel
>     ).
>
>     Jody Garnett was listening in. He mentioned the simple feature model
>     in OpenJUMP was fairly close to the one in GeoScript, and suggested
>     that GeoScript would benefit from a Java implementation of its API. I
>     know very little about LocationTech, but with Jody's encouragement I'm
>     trying to explore common ground and opportunities for collaboration.
>
>     I posted a message on this topic to the LocationTech mailing list, but
>     I wanted to post here as well. I'm trying to avoid doing a bunch of
>     independent work before I talk to potential collaborators.
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     Landon
>
>     PS - My message to Jody about the challenges to this approach,
>     including the use of wrappers, is here:
>     http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29929818
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