[Geotools-devel] Joining GeoTools...

[Sunburned S. <sun...@gm...>]

I'm an OpenJUMP developer that would like to join the GeoTools project. I
must be honest and admit I have no desire to chase OGC specifications. My
main motivation with joining GeoTools is to share code from OpenJUMP with
UDig and other open source Java GIS projects. The JUMP Pilot Project and
OpenJUMP developers haven't been very good at reaching out to the Java GIS
Community as a whole, and I hope my involvement in GeoTools can help change
that.

I was going to start my stint as a GeoTools developer by reading the
Developer Guide. However, the link to the developer found on the left side
of the following page is broken:

http://geotools.codehaus.org/Develop

I was able to find an HTML version of the guide using another link. I tried
to export the Dveloper Guide as a PDF file, but kept getting this error.
That error came from this page:

http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOT/Home

Does anyone have a PDF Developer Guide they can make available to me?

Also, could someone give me a quick pointer to which classes
in GeoToolshandle ESRI Shapefile parsing? I've been doing some work on a new
ESRI Shapefile parser for OpenJUMP, but Paul Ramsey suggested I take a look
at the GeoTools code for this.

I look forward to working with the other GeoTools developers. I ask for your
patience as I make an effort to become a part of the GeoTools community and
try to bring the OpenJUMP project along for the ride.

The Sunburned Surveyor