Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] Hi there, a few Geotools questions

[Chris H. <ch...@op...>]

> I believe many gt users are coming out and asking yet the same questions
> regarding GUI components. If I were in a position to make decissions, I'd
> take note.
> 
> Just think, if we want people to switch from propietary software and adopt
> geotools, we need to provide these widgets. The easiest and most effective
> tutorial to have a new user hooked up is the one that teaches him how to
> "see" his data. StyledMapPane just doesn't cut it.
Yes, I very much agree.  I've taken note, but I know close to nothing 
about rendering, so I can't really lead the charge myself.  But anyone who 
does will definitely be my hero.  It's a situation where a volunteer just 
needs to step in, and they can probably enlist others to help out as well.

> 
> Just push it down the road (through geowidgets or whatever) so we can all
> give a hand and have this integrated into the main codebase along with the
> rest of the (awesome) library.
Well, I think it should not be integrated to the codebase, geowidgets 
should just be the project that you use, and anyone interested in gui 
stuff we'd just say 'check out geowidgets', where the gui tutorials and 
all would live.  Just like if people want a server we say checkout 
geoserver, or if they want a full desktop client we say check out udig.

Chris

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> --
> Juan Marín Otero
> 
> 2005/11/11, Wendy Schafer <wa...@ps...>:
> >
> > Sean,
> >
> > I've looked over the code for the StyledMapPane and found that there
> > were not many options in terms of the interactive tools. You may have
> > to write these features yourself. I get the impression that the
> > GeoTools project is focused on different concerns.
> >
> > As for question #3, I keep thinking that there is a way to retrieve a
> > geospatial feature based on a map coordinate, but am unsure of the
> > methods to do so.
> >
> > Sorry this isn't much help. I guess I just have similar questions for
> > the GeoTools team.
> >
> > Wendy
> >
> > Sean McGowan wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I'm a Software Engineering student from Dublin, Ireland. For my final
> > > year project, I'm building a spatial application using Geotools to
> > > generalise GML maps. I've just started using Geotools and I have a few
> > > short questions for anyone who can help me.
> > >
> > > 1. I noticed when using the StyledMapPane class to display my map,
> > > there is pan and zoom functionality when you right-click on the map. How
> > > do I access this functionality? I'd like to add zoom and pan buttons to
> > > a toolbar in my application.
> > >
> > > 2. Also, I noticed the map's scrollbar acts as zoom in/out when I use
> > > the mouse wheel. Is there any way to have the scrollbars for the map
> > > behave normally? By normal I mean scroll up and down the map without
> > > zooming in/out.
> > >
> > > 3. I want to implement a clickable map where features can be highlighted
> > > for their attribute information. Could someone point me in the right
> > > direction for going about this?
> > >
> > > I'd really appreciate the help.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Sean McGowan
> > >
> > >
> > >
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