#MAPBENDER IRC Log - 2009-05-25

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02:25:29 kmq: leaving the ON/OFF field empty when defining a GUI element, yields an unspecific error message
02:25:34 kmq: would it be reasonable to change this to default to 1 ?
02:54:33 Testbaudson: ouch
02:54:48 Testbaudson: hmm..I guess the default should be off
02:54:51 Testbaudson: 0
02:55:06 Testbaudson: maybe file a bug in Trac
02:55:19 Testbaudson: https://trac.osgeo.org/mapbender
02:55:20 sigq: Title: Mapbender - Trac ( at trac.osgeo.org )
06:58:08 Testbaudson: 1700
06:58:11 Testbaudson: meeting time
06:58:27 Testbaudson: agenda is here
06:58:28 Testbaudson: http://www.mapbender.org/IRC_Meeting#Meeting_Agenda
06:58:29 sigq: Title: IRC Meeting - MapbenderWiki ( at www.mapbender.org )
06:58:41 mandsch: Hi, Michael is also here.
06:58:43 Testbaudson: Please feel free to add you topics
06:58:53 Testbaudson: Ok, let's do the roll call
06:58:59 Testbaudson: Christoph is here
06:59:07 mandsch: Michael ;- )
06:59:08 ur: uli too
06:59:10 tbaschetti: Thomas
06:59:10 nazgul: Mifan here
06:59:55 Testbaudson: how about kmq and seven?
07:00:29 : * seven_ is here
07:00:44 Testbaudson: I guess kmq will be with us in a minute
07:00:59 Testbaudson: so let's start with topic 1
07:01:05 Testbaudson: ( 1 ) GSoC Q&A
07:01:11 Testbaudson: GSoC has officially started
07:01:16 Testbaudson: on Saturday
07:01:34 Testbaudson: so the weekly reports will be due each Friday
07:02:22 Testbaudson: I guess there is a section in the OSGeo Wiki
07:02:27 Testbaudson: for weekly reports
07:02:40 Testbaudson: I suggest you just link to your reports in the Mapbender Wiki
07:02:53 kmq: ok
07:03:01 nazgul: righto
07:03:17 seven: /msg Testbaudson Du warst zu früh :- )
07:03:18 seven: 06:59:55 Testbaudson: how about kmq and seven?
07:03:21 seven: 07:00:29 : * seven_ is here
07:03:26 nazgul: so we have the reports in the mapbender wiki, and link from osgeo to there....?
07:04:07 Testbaudson: nazgul: yes
07:04:17 Testbaudson: but I can't find the OSGeo wiki site
07:04:25 Testbaudson: maybe it was the OSGeo mailing list for SoC
07:04:32 Testbaudson: I will ask Wolf
07:04:36 Testbaudson: and let you know
07:04:42 nazgul: ok
07:05:00 Testbaudson: so, nazgul, what do you want to discuss?
07:05:48 nazgul: 1 ) when accessing catalog servers, is there some authentication mechanism too?
07:06:21 nazgul: since in teh geonetwork csw client, there is a place to enter a username, password
07:06:39 nazgul: is that handled in the OGC CSW?
07:06:40 ur: last week we talk about ogc spec vs. iso api for csw
07:07:33 nazgul: ok... i went through the updated csw requirements on the wiki
07:07:40 nazgul: sorry that I couldn
07:07:49 nazgul: *couldn't make it last week
07:08:43 Testbaudson: ur: do you care to elaborate?
07:09:23 ur: yes
07:09:53 ur: maybe we need the iso api extension as a csw profile
07:10:09 ur: because they provide the service informations
07:10:34 nazgul: ok...
07:10:42 ur: so we need some profiles - one of them is the iso api profile
07:11:02 ur: so it should be configurable which profile should be used
07:11:12 nazgul: ah right
07:13:07 ur: maybe another one is inspire
07:13:18 ur: or it is the same as iso api
07:13:18 nazgul: the profiles are set in the admin interface?
07:14:05 nazgul: or can the user chose which profile to use in the csw search interface itself?
07:14:47 ur: no I think the admin should do that
07:15:23 nazgul: ok
07:15:57 ur: the admin should be albel to put some xml definitions for profiles in a directory
07:16:20 nazgul: ok
07:16:24 ur: and in the administration there is a selectbox which lists the content of this directory
07:16:51 ur: just a proposal
07:16:58 nazgul: ok
07:18:12 Testbaudson: nazgul: anything else?
07:18:18 nazgul: 2 ) Was just wondering - how does a user get into the CSW client interface...?
07:18:40 nazgul: will there be a small icon/button above the map letting the user go into the search interface?
07:19:47 Testbaudson: nazgul: we can discuss this
07:19:55 Testbaudson: either there is a form in an accordion
07:20:02 Testbaudson: as in the template "gui"
07:20:05 nazgul: ok
07:20:08 Testbaudson: or we have a button
07:20:11 nazgul: right
07:21:05 nazgul: ok....maybe we can decide on this as we move on...
07:21:13 Testbaudson: yes
07:21:17 ur: great
07:21:36 nazgul: ok...i'm done for now... the rest i'll put in mails...
07:21:55 Testbaudson: thanks nazgul
07:21:59 nazgul: if anyone has suggestions with the UIs I posted, please let me know
07:22:01 nazgul: thanks
07:22:27 Testbaudson: yes, let's make sure we have some traffic on the dev list
07:22:40 Testbaudson: everybody is welcome
07:22:47 Testbaudson: ok, let's move on to kmq
07:23:00 Testbaudson: I guess your mail sums up your status
07:23:14 Testbaudson: ( mail at dev list )
07:23:27 kmq: me? yes
07:23:29 kmq: mostly
07:23:44 Testbaudson: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapbender_dev/2009-May/001553.html
07:23:45 sigq: Title: [Mapbender-dev] [gsoc09] Admininterface ideas ( at lists.osgeo.org )
07:24:10 Testbaudson: Has anyone taken a look at the two suggestions?
07:24:34 Testbaudson: If not, now is a good time :- )
07:27:39 Testbaudson: Is anyone reading kmq's mail?
07:28:00 mandsch: sure, looking at the sketches ..
07:28:19 seven: First off: This looks really good.
07:28:27 kmq: thank you
07:28:35 : * seven will start to follow dev more closely again. Promised.
07:28:53 mandsch: I find the object centric view very appealing.
07:29:02 seven: The layout of the admin interfaces can evolve during implementation.
07:29:37 seven: Lets use them both for testing. Then practitioneers can then give feedback.
07:29:52 kmq: ok
07:29:58 Testbaudson: I'm not sure...
07:30:19 Testbaudson: the function centric view is basically what we have now...
07:30:51 Testbaudson: do you think we should work on both ideas?
07:31:04 kmq: well, the javascripot code behing should be similar
07:31:19 Testbaudson: kmq, if you think it's possible, we can follow both ways
07:31:29 Testbaudson: if not, please give feedback
07:31:30 mandsch: can both be combined with mapbender current permissions layout?
07:31:44 kmq: or, can be made to be similar
07:31:46 kmq: so it should be possible
07:31:59 kmq: if I implement the thing in that object centric manner
07:33:38 Testbaudson: yes, should be possible
07:33:52 Testbaudson: I think we should do an evaluation
07:33:58 Testbaudson: for the existing admin modules
07:34:07 Testbaudson: and see how they would play out in each way
07:35:55 mandsch: good idea.
07:36:00 Testbaudson: the advantage of the object view is, that there are less redundant form elements
07:36:26 Testbaudson: currently, each modules has its own "filter"
07:37:26 Testbaudson: ok, let's discuss this on list
07:37:40 Testbaudson: anything else, kmq?
07:38:41 Testbaudson: maybe we continue with topic 2...
07:38:46 Testbaudson: ( 2 ) print module
07:39:17 Testbaudson: I will create a branch for the rotatable print module
07:39:42 Testbaudson: mandsch, then you can take a look at it
07:39:45 mandsch: ok, good. this is based on trunk?
07:39:50 Testbaudson: unfortunately not
07:39:54 Testbaudson: it is based on 2.5
07:40:06 mandsch: I just merged the print-dev with trunk ...
07:40:17 Testbaudson: nice
07:40:26 mandsch: no, the other way round ... i merged trunk into print_dev ...
07:40:28 mandsch: ;- )
07:40:44 Testbaudson: nice
07:40:53 Testbaudson: maybe we can discuss merging your changes back into trunk
07:41:04 Testbaudson: are there a lot of changes?
07:41:11 mandsch: ok, but so i take the rotation stuff from the rotation branch and tryto merge it with the print module.
07:41:33 mandsch: hmm, I'd rather finish the whole module before merging it back.
07:41:37 Testbaudson: ok
07:41:45 mandsch: there are two decorators missing, that i'd liek to finish ...
07:41:54 Testbaudson: so I'll get that branch ready and send a mail to dev
07:41:57 mandsch: esp. kegend is not there ... :-(
07:42:00 mandsch: legend
07:42:19 seven: Has anyone thought about making a CR to the OGC WMS work group to add an optional parameter ROTATE?
07:42:49 mandsch: not yet.
07:43:09 : * seven makes a note that mandsch will do that.
07:43:11 seven: :- )
07:43:14 mandsch: :- )
07:43:25 ur: two years later, it may be usable :- )
07:43:29 seven: You can do that without being a member.
07:43:34 seven: Opponent.
07:43:42 mandsch: but only deegree implemted it then so far
07:43:52 seven: did they?
07:44:00 mandsch: after the two years ... ;- )
07:44:11 ur: :- )
07:44:12 seven: Hey, relax.
07:44:24 seven: OGC is you and you try to be as good as you can.
07:44:26 mandsch: I wonder if mapservers rotation paramter can be used already for that?
07:44:34 seven: Do they have one?
07:44:47 mandsch: I think there is something ...
07:44:55 : * seven notes that she is out of the loop.
07:45:09 seven: If you find anything out pls. let me know.
07:45:13 mandsch: but i don'T know if it's really usable
07:45:21 seven: Well, thats normal.
07:45:27 mandsch: we need rotation of annotation, dont' we?
07:45:28 seven: If its there we just need to make it work.
07:45:33 seven: Yes.
07:45:44 seven: But right now I think MB re renders the image.
07:45:50 mandsch: I think they also can rotate the whole map ...
07:45:56 seven: Cool.
07:46:17 mandsch: I'll research that.
07:46:24 Testbaudson: but an OGC certified solution would be best
07:46:37 Testbaudson: we should really make a CR
07:46:44 mandsch: There's nothing in 13?
07:46:48 mandsch: 1.3?
07:47:26 Testbaudson: I don't know
07:47:31 : * seven neither.
07:47:51 seven: Well, we can find out and then proceed either way.
07:47:57 seven: Whose job is that?
07:48:14 seven: Who is interested in taking on the job.
07:48:23 : * seven bites her tongue. Wrong wording.
07:48:46 mandsch: If i look into mapserver i can also look into 1.3 ...
07:49:14 Testbaudson: thanks mandsch
07:49:39 seven: mandsch: +1
07:50:06 : * seven is distracted by an #osgeo discussion wrt geotools fork... Interesting read.
07:50:51 Testbaudson: mandsch: do you need any other input?
07:51:02 Testbaudson: besides the branch?
07:51:12 mandsch: well, I'm open to any input regarding the print module
07:51:21 mandsch: Atrid created a module wiki page
07:51:44 mandsch: http://www.mapbender.org/PrintPDF_with_template
07:51:45 sigq: Title: PrintPDF with template - MapbenderWiki ( at www.mapbender.org )
07:52:00 mandsch: i added a wiki page on the configuration via json
07:52:07 mandsch: http://www.mapbender.org/PrintPDF_with_template_-_JSON_configuration
07:52:08 sigq: Title: PrintPDF with template - JSON configuration - MapbenderWiki ( at www.mapbender.org )
07:52:23 mandsch: I also updated the class diagramm for the print module
07:52:34 Testbaudson: coool...great documentation
07:52:43 mandsch: http://www.mapbender.org/Talk:Print
07:52:45 sigq: Title: Talk:Print - MapbenderWiki ( at www.mapbender.org )
07:53:36 mandsch: I think it will need solme cleaning up ...
07:53:56 : * seven is impressed and makes another note that she is out of touch...
07:54:59 Testbaudson: I think we're done...
07:55:04 Testbaudson: any other topics?
07:55:17 mandsch: nope
07:55:31 : * Testbaudson motions to close the meeting...
07:55:59 : * mandsch seconds +1
07:56:54 seven: +1
07:56:56 Testbaudson: thx for attending
07:56:57 seven: Thanks.
07:56:59 Testbaudson: bye
07:57:04 seven: Bye.
07:57:15 mandsch: cu, bye.
07:57:25 : * Testbaudson hopes the rain has stopped for good
07:57:52 ur: bye