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

Kristof Lange kristof.lange at uni-muenster.de
Fri Feb 17 16:40:46 PST 2012


Hi Cameron,

I switched to mapserver in hope everything is fine now.

Regards or Helau (like we are saying it in times of carnival)

Kristof

On 17.02.2012 20:37, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> 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 This is where the outdated WFS is 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     the outdated WFS URL located?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
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>>
>>                     -- 
>>                     Cameron Shorter
>>                     Geospatial Solutions Manager
>>                     Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
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>>
>>                     Think Globally, Fix Locally
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Dr. Bastian Schäffer
>>     52° North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH
>>     Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24
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>>     +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
>>
>
>
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> Cameron Shorter
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> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>
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