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
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>> -- 
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>>
>> Eric Lemoine
>>
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