[Live-demo] Re: Should 52 North WPS continue to be included on OSGeo-Live?

[Bastian Schäffer]

Hi Angelos,

yes, good idea. The external WFS is a geoserver and a default dataset is 
used.

So my question:
- How was the WPS tested? Leading to: Where is the request with the 
outdated WFS URL located?

Regards,
Bastian


Am 17/02/2012 00:46, schrieb Angelos Tzotsos:
> Hi Bastian and thanks for the feedback.
>
> Perhaps you could use a GeoServer WFS layer from within the DVD, like 
> Zoo-Project does for its demo.
>
> Regards,
> Angelos
>
> On 02/17/2012 12:58 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Thanks for the feedback Bastian,
>>
>> So we have a couple of issues here:
>>
>> 1. The LiveDVD is referencing an external URL, which means it won't 
>> work when offline. We aim to have the DVD work even when offline.
>> Is it possible to make use of a locally installed URL in its place?
>>
>> 2. If we can't get a local URL set up, who owns the broken URL:
>> http://giv-wps.uni-muenster.de:8080/
>>
>> Can we either get it back online, or alternatively, find a more 
>> stable URL to replace it with?
>>
>> On 17/02/2012 9:23 AM, Bastian Schäffer wrote:
>>> Hi Cameron,
>>>
>>> Hamish is right, the "problem" is the external WFS. So, the WPS 
>>> server is fine (and has not changed). The test requests you send 
>>> contain a non working data link to an external WFS.
>>>
>>> How do you test if some server is working?
>>> How can we change the
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bastian
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 16.02.2012 um 23:04 schrieb Cameron 
>>> Shorter<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> We have one week before we cut our final release of OSGeo-Live 5.5 
>>>> (25 Feb), and the 52 North WPS is the only application left which 
>>>> doesn't work. If we can't get it working in the next couple of 
>>>> days, we are going to have to remove it from the next osgeolive 
>>>> release.
>>>>
>>>> As yet, we haven't been able to connect with anyone from 52 North 
>>>> to discuss this.
>>>> Can you please:
>>>> 1. ASAP: Send a response to this email, confirming that someone in 
>>>> 52N has received this email.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Within 24 hours: Note whether you wish 52 North WPS to be 
>>>> included on the next OSGeo-Live release.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Within 3 days: Assuming we should keep 52N WPS, help us debug 
>>>> the issue and find a resolution.
>>>>
>>>> We have an issue description here:
>>>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/859
>>>>
>>>> You can usually find one of our osgeolive developers online at: 
>>>> irc://freenode.net#osgeolive
>>>> And our email list is: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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