[Live-demo] JTS on OSGeo-Live

Stefan Steiniger sstein at geo.uzh.ch
Sat Nov 10 11:46:33 PST 2012 

Hi,

I have started today to go through the list of questions from the wiki 
page. Lets hope I/we can send something tomorrow.

Martin, I just decided to put that on google docs, and added you as an 
editor (gmail accounts), also Jody.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c1yul5EE1By36Cb2uZZEczTk9sci_1VWfA_Quf1I_4M/edit

stefan

Am 06.11.12 16:47, schrieb Cameron Shorter:
> Stefan, Landon, (with help from Martin),
>
> We have started our OSGeoLive build process, and need to know details
> about projects which are to be included - especially any new projects.
>
> By the end of this week, can you please put these details together, as per:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply
>
> On 25/10/12 07:15, Stefan Steiniger wrote:
>> thanks Cameron.
>> Sounds doable... now we need to coordinate.
>>
>> cheers from Santiago
>> stefan
>>
>> Am 24.10.12 16:55, schrieb Cameron Shorter:
>>> On 25/10/2012 12:20 AM, Stefan Steiniger wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> thanks Jody!
>>>>
>>>> Having now this Ant build and a FAQ
>>>> I am confused and have two questions to the liveDVD builders/Cameron:
>>>>
>>>> (i) what ToDo's are open? (proof reading?)
>>>
>>> We need someone to officially apply to join the OSGeo-Live project, by
>>> sending an email addressing our standard questions, as per:
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply
>>>
>>> We need someone to write an install_jst.sh script as per:
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Install_Script
>>>
>>> The Application Overview needs to cover JTS's desktop application.
>>>
>>> Ideally, someone will find or create a logo for JTS
>>>
>>> Someone needs to write a Quickstart as per:
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Application_Quick_Start
>>>
>>>> (ii) what is the timelime?
>>>
>>> Schedule for the next OSGeo-Live release is currently being discussed.
>>> If we follow the same schedule as last year, it will be something like:
>>>
>>> feature freeze ~ early January 2013
>>> all apps delivered to UAT ~ early February 2013
>>> final ISO ~ early March 2013
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> stefan
>>>>
>>>> Am 23.10.12 23:21, schrieb Brian Hamlin:
>>>>> I "discovered" JTS Test Builder in 2007 (when I started in Geo).. it
>>>>> would be a fine addition IMO
>>>>>   I still fire it up now and then.. Mac and Linux..  though not as
>>>>> neatly as Jody
>>>>> shown below.. and without ant..
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> cd $src_dir
>>>>> java -classpath "jdom.jar:xerces.jar:JTS_Test.jar:jts-1.8.jar"
>>>>> com.vividsolutions.jtstest.testbuilder.JTSTestBuilder
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Brian Hamlin
>>>>> OSGeo California Chapter
>>>>> 415-717-4462 cell
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope no one CCed minds if we take this thread back to the live
>>>>>> email
>>>>>> list, so we can capture the technical discussion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 24/10/2012 12:13 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>>>>> I have done the overview / fact sheet; waiting for a review on the
>>>>>>> live-demo email list. For my purposes (explaining what GIS is as
>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>> of an "OSGeo-Live" talk) having the fact sheet is enough.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However the JTS desktop tool would be an *amazing* addition to
>>>>>>> OSGeo-Live for use in an educational context, the ability to take a
>>>>>>> class enter in a couple geometries and have them try out the
>>>>>>> operations would be far better then explaining this in PostGIS and
>>>>>>> pgAdmin.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> install steps:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) Download
>>>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/files/jts/1.12/jts-1.12.zip/download
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) Unzip
>>>>>>> 3) Copy in the following build.xml
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <project name="JTS" basedir="." default="run">
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     <property name="lib"     value="lib"/>
>>>>>>>     <property name="main-class"
>>>>>>> value="com.vividsolutions.jtstest.testbuilder.JTSTestBuilder"/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     <path id="classpath">
>>>>>>>         <fileset dir="${lib}" includes="**/*.jar"/>
>>>>>>>     </path>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     <target name="run">
>>>>>>>         <java fork="true" classname="${main-class}">
>>>>>>>             <classpath>
>>>>>>>                 <path refid="classpath"/>
>>>>>>>                 <path
>>>>>>> location="${jar.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar"/>
>>>>>>>             </classpath>
>>>>>>>         </java>
>>>>>>>     </target>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> </project>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 4) Type the following on the command line:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ant
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 24 October 2012 at 10:57 AM, Stefan Steiniger wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ah ok, I had the same question as Landon w.r.t. an installer.
>>>>>>>> So the question remaining is Landons other question:
>>>>>>>> What is the schedule?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I could imagine to do the fact-sheet for JTS (though - its for JTS
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> the testbuilder - which I agree, is a nifty tool; at least for
>>>>>>>> teaching)
>>>>>>>> and maybe a short intro. But I think Landon did do the latter
>>>>>>>> already?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Installer... depends... maybe we can ask Ede from OJ for advise
>>>>>>>> (but he
>>>>>>>> also had a full plate ;)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cheers,
>>>>>>>> stefan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am 23.10.12 17:16, schrieb Martin Davis:
>>>>>>>>> Right now you have to use a BAT/SH file to run them. I haven't
>>>>>>>>> done
>>>>>>>>> the work to make them JAR-launchable.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Roger. Are those typically executed by double clicking on a JAR
>>>>>>>>>> or by
>>>>>>>>>> using a BAT file?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Landon Blake, P.L.S.
>>>>>>>>>> Project Surveyor
>>>>>>>>>> Kjeldsen, Sinnock & Neudeck, Inc.
>>>>>>>>>> 711 N. Pershing Avenue, Stockton CA 95203
>>>>>>>>>> 209 946-0268 | fax: 209 946-0296
>>>>>>>>>> lblake at ksninc.com | http://www.ksninc.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Warning:
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>> From: Martin Davis [mailto:mtnclimb at gmail.com]
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:58 PM
>>>>>>>>>> To: Landon Blake
>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Cameron Shorter; Jody; Stefan Steiniger
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Live-demo] JTS on OSGeo-Live
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> JTS comes with a couple of user-level tools - the TestBuilder
>>>>>>>>>> and the
>>>>>>>>>> TestRunner. The TestRunner is a bit esoteric, but the
>>>>>>>>>> TestBuilder I
>>>>>>>>>> think would make a fine tool to be installed on the Quickstart.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> M
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Landon Blake
>>>>>>>>>> <lblake at ksninc.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> JTS is an important library, so I will make time to assist.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I know a bit about the Quickstart. What do you mean by
>>>>>>>>>>> "installer"?
>>>>>>>>>>> JTS is really a library and not an application, so I'm not sure
>>>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>> we would need for an installer.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Let me know more about that and I will get started. What is our
>>>>>>>>>>> timeline for this little project?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Landon
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Landon Blake, P.L.S.
>>>>>>>>>>> Project Surveyor
>>>>>>>>>>> Kjeldsen, Sinnock & Neudeck, Inc.
>>>>>>>>>>> 711 N. Pershing Avenue, Stockton CA 95203
>>>>>>>>>>> 209 946-0268 | fax: 209 946-0296
>>>>>>>>>>> lblake at ksninc.com | http://www.ksninc.com
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Warning:
>>>>>>>>>>> Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed
>>>>>>>>>>> against
>>>>>>>>>> defects including translation and transmission errors. If the
>>>>>>>>>> reader is
>>>>>>>>>> not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
>>>>>>>>>> dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is
>>>>>>>>>> strictly
>>>>>>>>>> prohibited. If you have received this information in error,
>>>>>>>>>> please
>>>>>>>>>> notify the sender immediately.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com]
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:24 PM
>>>>>>>>>>> To: Martin Davis
>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Jody; Landon Blake; Stefan Steiniger
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Live-demo] JTS on OSGeo-Live
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Landon, Stefan,
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm wondering if either (or both) of you would be able to help
>>>>>>>>>>> get JTS
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> onto OSGeo-Live.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Jody has started, by writing a Project Overview.
>>>>>>>>>>> We still need an installer and Quickstart.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 11:59, Martin Davis wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Guys,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm happy to have JTS included on OSGeo Live, but the sad fact
>>>>>>>>>>> is I
>>>>>>>>>>> just don't have any time right now to prepare the necessary
>>>>>>>>>>> artifacts
>>>>>>>>>> myself.
>>>>>>>>>>> If someone else wants to take this on I'm happy to advise, but
>>>>>>>>>>> otherwise JTS will have to continue to languish in obscurity...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 23/10/12 10:48, Martin Davis wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Cameron Shorter
>>>>>>>>>>>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Martin, if we find someone to write the docs and installer,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> prepared to review it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you suggest a likely candidate who might be willing to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>>>>>>>> out?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, certainly, happy to review it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Possibly Landon (Sunburned Surveyor)? He has been interested
>>>>>>>>>>>> in JTS
>>>>>>>>>>>> documentation in the past. Another possibility is Stefan
>>>>>>>>>>>> Steineger.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 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
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