Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] A few geotools beginners questions

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

Hello Kakpo,

I'll attempt to answer some of your questions...

> a) What Geotools version should we currently have to use? 2.7 or 8. series?

If you are starting a new project I would recommend that you use
GeoTools 8. This is especially true if you are relatively new to
GeoTools since the tutorials and other docs are written against
GeoTools 8.

> b) I currently use Netbeans IDE. Is Netbeans capable of working with all
> geotools features? Or do have to migrate to Eclipse?

I use NetBeans with GeoTools. It is highly recommended to use Maven as
your build tool for GeoTools projects and NetBeans/Maven integration
is very good.

> c) Why are certain packages not part of the program we download
> from http://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/  For example:
> org.geotools.gui.swing.legend

That package is from a very old version.

> d) How do I add JPanel, JButton, JLabel components to a JMapFrame?

You are probably better off studying the JMapFrame source (it is just
a JFrame really) and using it as the starting point of your own class.

> e) How do I add JMapFrame or JMapPane to a blank JFrame or an
> already designed JFrame?

A JMapPane is just a JPanel. You can drop it into a frame or other
container in the way that you would with any other Swing component.

Hope this helps.

Michael