Frans, I will try to provide an intelligent answer to your question based on my own experience.
Here is my observation of the main difference between Deegree and Geotools: Degree seems to be a more closely knit group of developers, coming from just a couple of organizations, while Geotools draws developers from all over the place. This has some different implications for users of the libraries and for developers. I find the Deegree API is often easier to use but not as well documented. The Geotools API is better documented but much more complicated. I think this extra complication in Geotools stems from its efforts to please such a diverse group. I have contributed a single "unsupported" module to Geotools. This process wasn't too burdensome, and I found a couple of the programmers in Geotools were a delight to work with. I also learned a lot from my very limited work on Geotools. I typically work on code that plugs into a single program, and participation in Geotools requires you to write code that can be used in all sorts of programs. You need a different type of thinking to do that. The programmers from Deegree were also very responsive on their mailing list. Deegree uses a feature model somewhat similar to JUMP's. I find the Geotools feature model is very hard to learn and work with. I hope that helps. Landon Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frans Thamura Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:30 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Degree vs GeoTools API hi all anyone can share the difference between Deegree vs GeoTools API thx -- Frans Thamura Meruvian. Experiential Tempation of Java and Enterprise OpenSource Meruvian jTechnopreneur Program (S1) telah hadir, Dapatkan benefit bagi SMK yang melakukan mapping SKKD, dg program beasiswa dari Gunadarma Mobile: +6287885901958 Blog & Profile: http://frans.thamura.info We provide services to migrate your apps to Java (web), in amazing fast and reliable. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
