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Re: WFS DXF OutputFormat community module proposal
by Justin Deoliveira-6
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First off, nice!! I think this will be a great extension. Thanks for
contributing.
Mauro Bartolomeoli wrote:
>
> Andrea Aime wrote:
>> Wow, this looks great, from WebGIS to the most popular CAD system.
>>
>> One question is how this overlaps with the OGR output format, as far as
>> I remember OGR is also able to deal with DXF... or maybe not?
>> http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html
>> Hmmm... maybe they dropped support for that due to legal issues with
>> OpenDWG.
> I have looked at it before starting the project and It seemed it was not
> able to export in that format (anyone expert in OGR stuff can tell us
> more about this?).
>> Another thing that comes to mind is Autocad Map, as far as I remember
>> it had some way to attach attributes to the geometries using block
>> attributes or something like that. Is this kind of output
>> envisaged? Just curious.
> For now, it's just exporting geometries, but if we can find some
> fundings, we can surely extend it in that direction.
>> Afaik one can make mixed requests, passing the format options in the
>> URL and the rest of the request in xml format
> I tried, but it seems the kvp parser complains about missing parameters
> if I specify only format_options (for example it complains about missing
> typeNames).My guess is that the method of the request might be off? Are you sure a
POST request is being made?
>> As far as I remember DXF is an open spec and there are no legal
>> issues implementing it in a product, right?
>> If so, +1 for community area.
> Yes, I think there's no legal issue with DXF.
I believe you are familiar with the community process Mauro, but if you
want a refresher:
http://docs.geoserver.org/1.7.x/developer/policies/community-modules.html
>
> Thanks,
> Mauro
>
>
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Mauro Bartolomeoli wrote:
>
> Andrea Aime wrote:
>> Wow, this looks great, from WebGIS to the most popular CAD system.
>>
>> One question is how this overlaps with the OGR output format, as far as
>> I remember OGR is also able to deal with DXF... or maybe not?
>> http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html
>> Hmmm... maybe they dropped support for that due to legal issues with
>> OpenDWG.
> I have looked at it before starting the project and It seemed it was not
> able to export in that format (anyone expert in OGR stuff can tell us
> more about this?).
>> Another thing that comes to mind is Autocad Map, as far as I remember
>> it had some way to attach attributes to the geometries using block
>> attributes or something like that. Is this kind of output
>> envisaged? Just curious.
> For now, it's just exporting geometries, but if we can find some
> fundings, we can surely extend it in that direction.
>> Afaik one can make mixed requests, passing the format options in the
>> URL and the rest of the request in xml format
> I tried, but it seems the kvp parser complains about missing parameters
> if I specify only format_options (for example it complains about missing
> typeNames).
POST request is being made?
>> As far as I remember DXF is an open spec and there are no legal
>> issues implementing it in a product, right?
>> If so, +1 for community area.
> Yes, I think there's no legal issue with DXF.
I believe you are familiar with the community process Mauro, but if you
want a refresher:
http://docs.geoserver.org/1.7.x/developer/policies/community-modules.html
>
> Thanks,
> Mauro
>
>
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