Hi David, I can help with the Italian translation of GeoNode and then move to the documentation.
L. Il 19/10/2010 15:30, David Winslow ha scritto: > Yes, the demo site is still running RC1. I don't expect to be able to > update it before this Friday, when I will update the demo site as part > of the process of releasing RC2. > > RC2 will include either the patch in question or a variant thereof. > Review is taking place on github - > http://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/pulls > > You're right, the name field is a bit of a sore point. We > automatically fill it out based on the filename of the data you're > uploading, but it's first on the form so not all users are likely to > notice that. On top of that, many parts of the UI use the > *title* instead of the name to identify the layer for users, so the > name isn't actually that important. It is mostly used as a slug > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_%28web_publishing%29> and for > WFS/WMS clients (which is the reason of the restrictions on its > content.) We'll probably be revisiting the entire upload form before > too long. > > Ways you can help include: > > * *Try it* (and report back). What you're doing now (trying things > out and telling us when GeoNode seems broken or poorly designed). > * *Documentation*. We are using Sphinx > <http://sphinx.pocoo.org/> to build the manual, but if you > aren't comfortable learning the markup you can use your favorite > word processor and someone else can do the translation to Sphinx. > * *Translation*. GeoNode has been written with support for UI > translation in mind; however the English translation is the only > complete one at this point. If you are fluent in another > language, contributing a translation for the Django user > interface would be a great way to help out. Documentation on > building translations for Django > <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/topics/i18n/localization/> > is available from the Django web site <http://djangoproject.org/>. > > So if you are interested in helping out with GeoNode you're actually > off to a pretty good start :) > > -- > David Winslow > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:31 AM, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Guido, > don't know if it's related but RC1 of GeoNode has a problem with > data upload. This patch [1] solved the problem in my testing > server, but > the issue remains for GeoTIFF data. > Can you send me your data so I can test it in my server? > > Ciao > Luca > > 2010/10/19 <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > Hi, > > > > Just starting to use GeoNode, and before going through > > the install, I tried out the demo server, in particular > > the data upload at http://demo.geonode.org/data/upload > > > > I tried to upload a "land use" sahpe file for Port-au-Prince > > (Haiti) for testing. It has 8 vectors with an ad-hoc land > > use classification. All loads without problems in QGIS. > > I do not have the .prj file (with is said to be optional) > > but data is in EPSG:4326 (lat-lon). Vectors are MULTIPOLYGON > > type. > > > > Upload fails, and I only get "An error occurred while loading > > the data.". As a sideline, the name field complains about non- > > character fields (-, space, etc.) which is somewhat awkward > > for "natural" naming. > > > > My prime interest, for the moment, is to test the meta-data > > tagging, and WMS and WFS fucntionalities, including re-projection > > and re-formatting. Mid-term, we may be interested to set up > > internal and external GeoNodes. > > > > I read the recent FOSS4G presentations, and am buying into the > > idea that GeoNode is a step ahead. Documentation is somewhat > > poorish, though, and community momentum slowly building up. > > We'd be interested to know how we can contribute (as users, mostly) > > > > Guido Lemoine > > > > > -- > Luca Casagrande > http://www.lucacasagrande.net > twitter: lucacasagrande > >
