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

[Cameron Shorter]

Bastian,
If possible, you will probably do better to use a WFS from mapserver. 
The reason is that as far as I'm aware, mapserver doesn't require the 
user to start the service before using it, while goeserver does.

If you do need to make use of geoserver, then ensure that you include 
"start geoserver" in the steps in the quickstart.

On 17/02/12 20:43, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Hi Bastian,
>
> The test that fails is based on the first page presented to the user 
> after starting up 52NWPS.
>
> The page is a tester and has a predefined WPS POST XML request.
> So a user sees a "Send" button. This is where the outdated WFS is located.
> Pressing this send button fails.
> OK, this is minor, but for a user with no WPS WFS experience, this is 
> the first thing he will try.
>
> Regards,
> Angelos
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Bastian Schäffer 
> <b.schaeffer at 52north.org <mailto:b.schaeffer at 52north.org>> wrote:
>
>     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     the outdated WFS URL located?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
>                 <mailto: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
>                     <http://freenode.net#osgeolive>
>                     And our email list is: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
>                     <mailto:live-demo at lists.osgeo.org>
>
>                     -- 
>                     Cameron Shorter
>                     Geospatial Solutions Manager
>                     Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>                     <tel:%2B61%20%280%292%208570%205050>
>                     Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>                     <tel:%2B61%20%280%29419%20142%20254>
>
>                     Think Globally, Fix Locally
>                     Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards
>                     and Open Source
>                     http://www.lisasoft.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     -- 
>     Dr. Bastian Schäffer
>     52° North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH
>     Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24
>     Fon: +49-(0)-251–396371-41
>     <tel:%2B49-%280%29-251%E2%80%93396371-41>  Fax:
>     +49-(0)-251–396371-11 <tel:%2B49-%280%29-251%E2%80%93396371-11>
>     email: schaeffer at 52North.org
>     52North-site: http://www.52North.org
>     General Managers: Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk
>     Local Court Muenster HRB 10849
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Angelos Tzotsos
> Remote Sensing Laboratory
> National Technical University of Athens
> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>


-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/osgeolive/attachments/20120218/4772f1f6/attachment.html>