Re: [Geoserver-users] Chart extension

[Peter S. <gs...@sm...>]

Thanks Alexandre.  I have considered OpenLayers, or preferably Leaflet, but
the intension is to render it in GeoServer (to protect the raw data) unless
there are very definite reasons not to use the Chart extension.

Regards

Peter

On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 16:47, Alexandre Gacon <ale...@gm...>
wrote:

> Hello Peter,
>
> How do you plan to deliver the map ? If you use OpenLayers, you can
> perhaps try to use the chart style provided by ol-ext (
> https://viglino.github.io/ol-ext/).
>
> Regards
> Alexandre
>
> Le jeu. 2 avr. 2020 à 16:41, Peter Smythe <gs...@sm...> a écrit :
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I am looking for a GeoServer symbolizer to produce scaled pie charts.
>>
>> When I search for Geoserver chart, the first result I get is
>> https://geoserver.geo-solutions.it/edu/en/pretty_maps/charting.html  It
>> refers to Eastwood Charts, which appears to be a project last touched 12
>> years ago.  Is this the code used by the official extension: Chart
>> Symbolizer
>> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.16.2/extensions/geoserver-2.16.2-charts-plugin.zip>
>> or is it now included inside GeoServer? Is this extension actively
>> maintained?
>>
>> Is this the preferred charting solution?  I see it referenced in a number
>> of SO answers.
>>
>> The other thing that confuses me is that while this extension appears in
>> http://geoserver.org/release/stable/ , it is not listed at
>> https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/extensions/index.html but that
>> list says that it is not exhaustive.
>>
>> Andrea/GeoSolutions, would it be acceptable to add a link to the
>> extensions page above linking to your website, or would it be better to
>> copy that charting.html page into the GeoServer documentation? If so, I
>> could do it with your permission.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Peter
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