On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Jason - many useful points - it may well be that import > through GML should be the expanded as the main mode for dealing with > "external" data. I would like to summarize what I am getting at in > terms of parameters. > > The whole left hand pane in the OHM is devoted to allowing the user to > set the parameters of thematic layers, in terms of selecting the data > to be displayed. These parameters are then used to define queries to > the DHIS2 webservice API. I think it could be of great value if they > could additionally specify queries to other services (as alternative > modes). Geoserver is one obvious candidate
The upcoming 2.1 version of Geoserver has the ability to "create a layer directly from an SQL query. And on top of that query definitions can be parameterized which allows one to create dynamic queries on the fly", which should facilitate what I mean - with Geoserver running as a separate application which could connect to arbitrary RDBMS sources: http://blog.geoserver.org/2010/09/04/geoserver-21-beta-released/ Knut _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
