Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] Should I use a Polygon or a Mark?

[Michael B. <mic...@gm...>]

2009/9/9 Jody Garnett <jod...@gm...>:
> These examples will be in XML but the data structure being represented is
> the same.

But I think that illustrates part of the problem: you need to know
GeoTools style API quite well to translate XML examples to
programmatic examples in your head. So if you are new to the library
or styling it's catch-22.

Personally, I've found styling to be one of the most difficult aspects
of the library to master and, in part, I think that has been because
so much of the information here and elsewhere is written for users of
GeoServer and similar tools. There is relatively little about
programmatic use in stand-alone apps.

This is an observation rather than a criticism. Everyone here
struggles to find time to work on the docs.

Michael