[mapguide-users] vector editing
Charles B
cblais at dgeq.qc.ca
Fri Mar 30 14:36:46 EDT 2007
Thanks Paul,
Do you have an idea of the release date and the price of that plugin called
Fusion ?
Also, is there a web site available somewhere to try the vector editing
functions ?
Thanks
Charles
Paul Spencer-5 wrote:
>
> Charles,
>
> we are using this capability in some of our projects now but it is
> not as finished as I had hoped. It will not be part of MGOS, it will
> only be available commercially as a plugin to an MGOS application
> framework we are developing called Fusion. I have hopes that the
> Fusion framework will replace the AJAX viewer in MGOS at some point,
> but that is not certain.
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>
> On 30-Mar-07, at 10:02 AM, Charles B wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> This sounds very interesting. Your predictions was to have this
>> ready for
>> the new year, is this available right now ?
>>
>> Is this (or will be) in the MGOS version or then Enterprise version ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Charles
>>
>>
>>
>> pagameba wrote:
>>>
>>> Shailesh,
>>>
>>> I will try to put together a description of the tools and their
>>> capabilities soon. In the mean time, to satisfy curiosity, here is a
>>> quick outline:
>>>
>>> The editing tools are being built on top of an application framework
>>> we are building for MapGuide OS/Enterprise. This framework is
>>> tentatively known as Fusion or MapGuide Fusion. It uses a modified
>>> version of a weblayout resource to define the commands, toolbars, and
>>> context menus for an application. There are some changes to the
>>> schema of the weblayout that makes it incompatible with the existing
>>> ajax viewer and with Studio, so currently the weblayout has to be
>>> created by hand.
>>>
>>> MapGuide Fusion uses an HTML page and a single javascript include
>>> (fusion.js :)) to parse the HTML page and insert functionality based
>>> on the ID of HTML elements and associated Commands from the
>>> weblayout. This allows much more flexibility when designing an
>>> application (you can put anything anywhere), and separates code from
>>> presentation quite nicely. It also compartmentalizes the code into
>>> separate pieces of functionality that interoperate in a standard way
>>> to make code easier to write and maintain.
>>>
>>> This toolkit is brand new, but builds on the experience DM Solutions
>>> Group has with building similar toolkits around MapServer.
>>>
>>> The toolkit itself will likely be an open source project, hopefully
>>> merging into the MapGuide OS project and potentially replacing the
>>> existing weblayout/ajax viewer component (although there is a lot to
>>> be done and to discuss before this becomes a possibility).
>>>
>>> The editing tools are part of something we are tentatively calling a
>>> Light-Weight Edit capability (LWE). They would be available as an
>>> extension to MapGuide Fusion and would include a simple editing
>>> application plus the actual widgets that would allow inserting
>>> editing into existing applications built on MapGuide Fusion.
>>>
>>> The editing capabilities include both digitizing (creating new
>>> features) and editing existing features in a web-based environment.
>>> The tools are seamlessly cross-browser compliant in Internet Explorer
>>> 6/7, Firefox 1.5/2 and Safari 2. I haven't tested in Opera, but I
>>> think it will work there too.
>>>
>>> The tools generally work by creating shadow copies of feature sources
>>> to prevent accidents. There is an undo and automatic recovery
>>> capability because deletes and edits are stored in the Library
>>> repository rather than the Session - if you close your browser, you
>>> have an opportunity to restore when you next connect.
>>>
>>> The tools work with the currently selected layer (managed by a layer
>>> control), and allow you to have multiple edits on multiple layers
>>> without saving. For layers that have a single geometric type, the
>>> tool automatically creates the appropriate type of geometry. For
>>> layers that have multiple types, the user is prompted to select from
>>> the available types.
>>>
>>> There is a commit tool that takes existing edits and merges them back
>>> into the original feature source.
>>>
>>> Because we use the Feature Service API, the editing capability is
>>> independent of the provider used with the feature source ... but it
>>> does have to be a vector feature source of course!
>>>
>>> For editing capabilities, we have the same basic node/segment editing
>>> capabilities that you would find in most vector editing packages:
>>>
>>> * digitize/edit points, lines and polygons
>>> * select a node and drag to move
>>> * select a line segment (two nodes) and drag to move
>>> * shift-select to add nodes to the selection
>>> * delete nodes (del key)
>>> * insert new nodes
>>>
>>> and probably a few other features that I've forgotten.
>>>
>>> We are also building an attribute editing grid so that you can edit
>>> the attributes of any selected feature (and newly created ones too).
>>>
>>> Availability: well, much of this is actually already done. But it
>>> needs a few finishing bits and pieces, and substantial testing. My
>>> current plan is to have this ready for the new year.
>>>
>>> Um ... seems like I've written a pretty good description ;)
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28-Oct-06, at 4:24 AM, shailesh wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't think even mapguide Enterprise has any of these capabilites
>>>> either. Any one at autodesk following up this please confirm.
>>>> Paul can you publish / post the capabilities of the tool/s DM is
>>>> developing ?
>>>> Eager to understand upto what extent can we go, while proposing
>>>> architecture to our clients using mapguide applications and have
>>>> very few requirements in terms of editing maps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Regards
>>>> Shailesh
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Paul Spencer <pspencer at dmsolutions.ca>
>>>> To: <users at mapguide.osgeo.org>
>>>> Cc:
>>>> Date: Saturday, October 28 2006 12:10 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] vector editing
>>>> Chris,
>>>>
>>>> it is possible, but there are currently no tools in the open source
>>>> package that allow you access to this functionality.
>>>>
>>>> MapGuide Enterprise may contain some of this functionality, but I'm
>>>> not sure.
>>>>
>>>> DM Solutions Group is working on building some of these types of
>>>> tools as a commercial capability on top of MapGuide OS/Enterprise.
>>>> Contact me directly if you are interested in this.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> On 27-Oct-06, at 11:46 AM, Chris Stewart wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello
>>>>>
>>>>> Could someone tell me if it is currently possible to create a web
>>>>> application that enables a client to remotely edit vector data for
>>>>> their
>>>>> own purposes - as opposed to just being able to view data, zoom
>>>> in and
>>>>> out and create buffers - using MapGuide Open Source, together with
>>>>> either MapGuide Web Studio or Autodesk MapGuide Studio.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>>
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