Re: WFS DXF OutputFormat community module proposal

> 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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