Re: [Geoserver-users] Release mapfish print v2

[Jody G. <jod...@gm...>]

Well there is mapfish print v3 - it is setup with jasper reports so much
more capable (and thus less simple) then v2.

You can just print to PDF using GeoTools (and the same free text library
for a java2d PDF output). But there are not that many decorations (like
legend and north arrow). I had a bunch of decorations in the uDig codebase
which used the GeoTools library for PDF decoration.

I think the special bit of the mapfish print v2 codebase is having more
kinds of layers; a feature that would be welcome in to the GeoTools code
base also.
--
Jody Garnett


On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 1:41 PM Tiago Vieira <tix...@gm...> wrote:

> "The origional authors (camptocamp) are kind of horrified that the library
> is still in use".
> Ahahah. You made our team laugh :)  ... and you're right, it's still
> valuable for us, yes!
>
> But if someone is printing their maps with another framework I would like
> to know to check it :)
>
> Cheers,
> *Tiago Vieira*
>
>
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 at 17:36, Jody Garnett <jod...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I just checked and there were a few pull requests to review there.
>>
>> I am wonder what to be done, this functionality is used, but it may not
>> be obvious to our user community that it is due for a refresh / rewrite.
>>
>> I only got involved last year as the library needed some love to adjust
>> to an API change. I do not have enough use personally (or customer use
>> professionally) to be the sole inactive developer responsible for this one.
>>
>> The origional authors (camptocamp) are kind of horrified that the library
>> is still in use; but that is fine - open source is the definition of long
>> tale value proposition. It is good we still find it valuable!
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>> On Jul 8, 2024 at 9:22:50 AM, Tiago Vieira <tix...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> 😀
>>>
>>> So, as far as I understand you are suggesting to bring the mapfish print
>>> to the community module of geoserver?
>>> Is it considered a community module or extension? Because it's on the
>>> extensions download page of geoserver. (
>>> https://geoserver.org/release/stable/ --> Cartography)
>>>
>>> I can give it a try on doing that.
>>>
>>> *Tiago Vieira*
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 at 15:59, Jody Garnett <jod...@gm...>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have nothing against the printing plugin - just that it needs some
>>>> love 🙂
>>>>
>>>> What would be the best way to support this thing? If it is only the
>>>> geoserver project using mapfish printv2 then the geoserver community should
>>>> come up with a plan ... so I was presenting some plans :P​
>>>>
>>>> If you are making pull-requests then you have some technical capacity
>>>> so you are *exactly* who we want to make plans with....
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 8, 2024 at 12:57:05 AM, Tiago Vieira <tix...@gm...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jody,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the project that supports the "Printing" extension in
>>>>> geoserver, right?
>>>>> I don't know if many people use it, but in our project we use this
>>>>> printing plugin a long time ago :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any alternative to have a vectorial print? And also, with
>>>>> this printv2 we are able to print maps with google maps tiles included.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the functionality of naming the PDF Layers is essential, so an
>>>>> end-user will be able to have a human readable translation, instead of
>>>>> internal layer names.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> *Tiago Vieira*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 at 01:05, Jody Garnett <jod...@gm...>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have commit access; but really this project ended a long time ago.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So you know of people who are interested in this functionality? It
>>>>>> would be good to assemble an activity to update / migrate / or inokement
>>>>>> something comparable in geotools.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 1:04 PM Tiago Vieira <tix...@gm...>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know if this is the right mailing list to use, but do you
>>>>>>> know who can review the 3 PR in the mapfish print v2 github, and do a new
>>>>>>> release to upgrade the extensions of a next geoserver version.
>>>>>>> https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print-v2/pulls
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>> *Tiago Vieira*
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