[OpenLayers-Dev] Who is interested in SLD editing?

[Lorenzo Becchi]

Hi Cameron,

> It seems that there are a number of us interested in a Styled Layer 
> Descriptor (SLD) parser/renderer/editor and as usual, it will be better 
> if we work on this together rather than in competing projects.
>
> So I suggest we start by identifying:
> Who is interested in this thread.
>   
I am too.
> Why you are interested.
>   
I'm on a project at FAO (fao.org) that needs this component.
> What you want to achieve.
>   
I have a minimum target on a simple style editor for WMS, where "simple" 
stays for styling borders and colors of geometries. Soon we will need to 
add much more interactivity, es: adding standard raster styling 
(quantile, ...)
Naturally having a complete system that can manage WMS and Vector styles 
would be a dream.
We need an "easy to use" interface.

> What platform you need to develop for.
>   
OpenLayers and JS in general is the perfect environment for most of the 
features we need. Anyway we're thinking at a server component (based on 
geoServer) to receive feedback about features like min/max values, 
histograms, geometry types (maybe), ecc to let us refine the user 
interaction and experience.
The only component we have more or less defined is a SLD Storer that  
use OCG PutStyle and GetStyle to store and retrieve user defined styles, 
we've only thought at a little trick to extend it.

> What are your timeframes.
>   
Minimum target can be in 1-2 month, October for the prototype with a 
good set of features.
No Vector drawing needed for this year.
> Where you live and what timezone (so we can organise a meetings).
>   
Italy/Spain GMT+1

I'll be pleased to share the effort.
I'm fully available for the UI (JS) and I have support from my team for 
the server part (based on GeoServer or independent Java stuff).

ciao
Lorenzo