[Mapserver-users] SDE raster support?

[Steve Lime]

Hi Folks: This is just one of many "to do's" out there. It's certainly not at
the top of the priority list. Paul's right in that I've not needed it at the DNR
nor has anyone payed for Frank to add it to GDAL. The one thing that
has changed in the last year is the total reliance on GDAL for raster data, so
even though there is native SDE vector support I would imagine that SDE
raster support should come via GDAL, but I could be convinced that keeping
it consistent is the way to go too.

Bottom line, it is not being worked on (to my knowledge) at this point. This
could be a great way for someone to add to the software though if they
wanted to take it on themselves. ;-) I'd be glad to help in any way I could.

Steve

>>> Oliver Wesp <wesp at gdv.com> 10/28/2003 10:52:15 AM >>>
I totally agree to what you say, and I my last sentence wasn't meant to 
be taken seriously. I will use some smilies in the future. I just wanted 
to say that this is nothing we need right know, we just been asked if 
this functionality is currently available.  And I don't like to say no 
unless I'm sure. Well I'm sure it's not available but I was interested 
if there is anybody working on it or if anybody has any plans.  It's no 
problem at all that this is not available but just in case our customer 
is willing to pay for it, it would be good to know if it's better to pay 
somebody who is working on it right know or to develop this by ourselves.

best regards
Oliver

Paul Ramsey wrote:

> Hi Oliver,
>   Don't make the mistake of assuming that open source projects 
> prioritize features the way proprietary companies do.  SDE raster 
> support is on the list because it is recognized as being probably a 
> useful features.
>   That being said, features get added to mapserver as the result of 
> developers doing work.  There are two kinds of developers, paid 
> developers and unpaid (for mapserver work) developers.
>   The unpaid developers work on two kinds of features: the ones they 
> find useful for their day jobs, and the ones they find personally 
> amusing.
>   The paid developers work on one kind of feature: the kind they get 
> paid to work on.
>   If a feature is not getting completed quickly, or at all, it is 
> because none of the unpaid developers finds the feature useful or 
> interesting, and none of the paid developers is getting paid to add it 
> (which is a shorthand way of saying that none of the paid developer's 
> clients finds the feature useful or interesting).
>   So, the obvious way to get a feature added is to either be an unpaid 
> developer yourself, and add it, or hire a paid developer and get them 
> to add it for you! :)  Nobody will ever say a feature will "never" be 
> added, because the process of addition is the organic one described 
> above.  Conversely, nobody will promise a date or version in which a 
> feature *will* be added, unless there is a client paying for the 
> feature to be added by that date/version.
>   I hope this clarifies, rather than muddies,
> Paul
>
> On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 05:12 AM, Oliver Wesp wrote:
>
>> are there any upcoming plans for adding sde raster support? Or is 
>> there any work going on somewhere? I found a post from november 2002 
>> where somebody said something about a todo-list with sde raster 
>> support on it. I would be very glad to know something about this even 
>> if the answer is: no, this will never be implemented.
>
>
>      Paul Ramsey
>      Refractions Research
>      Email: pramsey at refractions.net 
>      Phone: (250) 885-0632
>
>
>
>


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