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

[Pierre GIRAUD]

Cameron,

I'm sure you made a mistake. We are in July now. May 8th is outdated.

Best.

Pierre

On 7/7/07, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are a number of responders to this email, and I'm not sure
> everyone received all responses, so I've collated them below.
>
> Cameron Shorter: Sydney +11 hours
> Tim Schaub: Bozeman, MT, USA - MDT -7 hours.
> Steven Ottens: amsterdam, .nl GMT +1
> Anthony Manfredi: Illinois, USA, GMT -5
> Lorenzo Becchi: Italy/Spain GMT+1
>
> I think this shows our time zone:
> http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?month=5&day=7&year=2007&p1=240&p2=75&p3=16&p4=893
>
> I suggest we have a kickoff meeting to kick things off.
> It looks like it will be difficult to find a good slot for everyone:
> I suggest this:
> http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2007&month=5&day=8&hour=20&min=0&sec=0&p1=240&p2=75&p3=16&p4=893
>
> Who can make this? If not, would another day be better?
>
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>
> Tim Schaub wrote:
> > Cameron Shorter wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> >> Who is interested in this thread.
> >
> > I am.
> >
> >> Why you are interested.
> >
> > I know that parts of the resulting code would fit nicely in
> > OpenLayers.  I have a good idea of how that should fit in.  Depending
> > on how it is developed, I will have a good idea of what is not
> > appropriate for OpenLayers - and should be instead be pushed elsewhere.
> >
> >> What you want to achieve.
> >
> > I'd like anybody to be able to put together an SLD editor with as few
> > dependencies as possible.  (I see this being entirely possible with no
> > specific server side dependencies.)
> >
> >> What platform you need to develop for.
> >
> > A-Grade browsers.
> >
> >> What are your timeframes.
> >
> > No specific time frame, as I don't currently have work that requires
> > it.  I can volunteer some time and schedule more time if I find a
> > project that will make use of it.
> >
> >> Where you live and what timezone (so we can organise a meetings).
> >
> > I'm in Bozeman, MT, USA - MDT -7 hours.
> >
> > I look forward to being involved,
> > Tim
> >
>
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> Steven M. Ottens wrote:
> > I am interested
> >
> > I'm running a high traffic educational GIS site and recently figured
> > out that we need clientside classification to allow students to do GIS
> > analysis on their data (collected by GPS/PDA) This would give a boost
> > to GIS-education since it allows high-school students to show their
> > data on a map the way they want
> >
> > I want to end up with a intuitive (for highschool students) interface
> > to select, classify and display their own data (prolly through wfs)
> >
> > Just like any sensible being I develop for FF, but unfortunately
> > schools use IE 5-7 (where IE5 is a lost cause)
> > There's no immediate timeframe, although and of august would be nice
> > because it is the beginning of the schools year.
> > I live in amsterdam, .nl GMT +1
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> Anthony Manfredi wrote:
> >> Why you are interested.
> >
> > I am a Google Summer of Code student working on an SLD editor for
> > Geoserver.
> >
> >> What you want to achieve.
> >
> > My ultimate goal is a user-friendly, general-purpose graphical SLD
> > editor: Something that simplifies common tasks but is still useful for
> > complex SLDs. This is unlikely to happen by the end of the Summer, so
> > the immediate goal is a very limited editor with a visual preview,
> > with a design that is easily extensible for more complex editing.
> >
> >> What platform you need to develop for.
> >
> > Browsers
> >
> >> What are your timeframes.
> >
> > The Summer of Code ends in late August.
> >
> >> Where you live and what timezone (so we can organise a meetings).
> >
> > Illinois, USA, GMT -5
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> Lorenzo Becchi wrote:
> > 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
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