[postgis-users] Geotools, Geoserver and PostGIS integration

[Paul Ramsey]

My general thought is that the best web-based OpenGIS system would be to
use WMS for 95% of the rendering, only start hitting WFS for when
feature editing becomes required. So you might want to include Mapserver
in your list of candidate technologies. 

P.

Peter Aberline wrote:
> 
> Dear Geotools, Geoserver and PostGIS mailing lists,
> 
> I've posted this message to all three lists, appologies for cross posting.
> I'm currently investigating various options for developing a web based
> mapping system, and geotools, geoserver and postgis seem to have
> the greatest scope for intergration. I would like to ask the groups'
> opinion of using them in an integrated way for a web based mapping
> system.
> 
> My current thinking is around a system that stores spatial and attribute data in
> PostgreSQL using PostGIS, having this data accessed via a Geoserver
> application server, and then using Geotools to render it in a client
> side browser applet.
> 
> This raises some immediate questions:
> * Geotools would probably need new supporting code to handle
>   the WFS request/response interaction. True?
> 
> * Is the GML code in Geotools2 sufficiently developed to be able to render
>   data that has been sourced from a GML based data source?
> 
> * Although WFS doesn't currently specify support for requesting raster datasets,
>   would support for this in all tiers difficult to add? This support would
>   obviously be in an out-of-standard way until WFS matured enough to
>   specify an interaction.
> 
> Obviously any new code developed to add the kind of functionality I needed could
> be contributed back to the projects, if it was considered valuable.
> 
> Does anyone know of any groups that have attempted to use these projects in this way?
> I'ld be keen to hear of anyones experiences, or opinions about the likely success
> of such a project.
> 
> many thanks,
> Peter Aberline.
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