[Live-demo] JTS on OSGeo-Live

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Tue Oct 23 18:17:33 PDT 2012 

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 
>>> <mailto: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 
>>>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
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