My understanding from looking at the docs is that you can use the MapFish server components via an api which is available in Ruby, Java and Python.
Alex Sean Gillies wrote: > Eric, > > Speaking of MapFish, I've never understood whether MapFish is all > Python or is implemented in multiple languages. There is Java and Ruby > code in the repo. How does it fit together? > > Sean > > On Apr 15, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Eric Lemoine wrote: > >> Hi Alex >> >> Do not hesitate to contact me in private if you plan on using the >> MapFish framework. >> >> In case you want to give MapFish a try I'd recommend you use trunk >> instead of 1.1, trunk is based on Pylons 0.9.7 and makes the creation >> of MapFish web services a lot easier. >> >> Again don't hesitate to bug me or to post to the MapFish mailing list, >> I'll point you to the appropriate direction. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Eric >> >> 2009/4/15, Alex Mandel <[email protected]>: >>> So I'm working on building a website that allows users to digitize >>> data >>> in via a web map. Making a web map that lets people plop points is no >>> problem. Where I'm getting stuck in researching ideas is the >>> authentication. I need very tight, fine grained security. User A can >>> only see/edit group 1 data and user B can see/edit group 2, User C >>> can >>> see but not edit both group 1 and group 2 etc. >>> >>> Since I'm not really skilled in other languages and I have a fear >>> of php >>> security I'm obviously looking for a python solution. >>> >>> The other big thing is that this is one feature that will need to >>> share >>> authentication with some larger not even designed system. Most likely >>> not done by me, and probably not done in python. >>> >>> Minor detail, would be the want for versioned data entry. I looked at >>> Geoserver WFS-T versioning plugin, but since geoserver and I don't >>> seem >>> to be getting along and I have no idea how to secure the layers in >>> geoserver, I'm thinking not. >>> >>> What I've got on my short list right now is: >>> MapFish/pylons >>> Geodjango >>> >>> Backend db is probably Postgres so I can do magic with postgis. >>> >>> I kinda tossed Plone off even though I'm familiar with it, since >>> primagis is kinda dead and I'm lost on how to use the other stuff >>> Sean >>> et al have been doing on Zope. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Alex >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Community mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community >>> >> -- >> Envoyé avec mon mobile >> >> Eric Lemoine >> >> Camptocamp France SAS >> Savoie Technolac, BP 352 >> 73377 Le Bourget du Lac, Cedex >> >> Tel : 00 33 4 79 44 44 96 >> Mail : [email protected] >> http://www.camptocamp.com _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community
