[Live-demo] JTS on OSGeo-Live

Stefan Steiniger sstein at geo.uzh.ch
Wed Oct 24 13:15:11 PDT 2012 

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:
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----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
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>>>>>>>>> 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
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