[kepler-dev] GIS workflow and display

[Chris Weed]

Hi David,
I will try this.
Thanks,
Chris

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:42 PM, David Welker <david.v.welker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> One thing to keep in mind is that if you develop your own module, you do not
> necessarily need to convince others to upgrade to a new jar right away. What
> you can do is just use the jump-1.2.jar in your new module, and it will be
> used not only for any additional work you do, but by Kepler itself. (But,
> people doing unrelated work that do not use your new module will still use
> the jump-1.1.jar.) This should be fine as long as version 1.2 is backwards
> compatible. Additionally, keep in mind that even if version 1.2 is not
> completely backwards compatible, you can override the Kepler classes that
> are not backwards compatible in your module without actually touching those
> classes in the core module. Ultimately, if your changes make sense, they can
> be merged into the core of Kepler. But, from your perspective, you do not
> need to wait or engage in any sort of complicated negotiation process to add
> a module that will use Kepler with your preferred version of this jar. That
> is one of the major advantages of the build system that Kepler now uses.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions about this process.
>
> David
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am interested in developing a workflow with a GIS display.
>> In the developer version from trunk, I have used the "GML Displayer"
>> actor,
>> which appears to be based on Jump 1.1.1 [util/lib/jar/jump-1.1.1.jar].
>> The version documentation for Jump, shows that version 1.2
>> supports displaying GeoTIFF as a layer. [1]
>> Ultimately I would like to display images and points as layers.
>> What can I do to assist in upgrading Kepler to support this?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> 1. http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/download.htm
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