Thanks Matt. I downloaded the code from https://github.com/cga-harvard/cga-worldmap. Do i have to make any changes in any of the files to get it up and running? Geoserver isn't running on localhost:8001. So, i am getting a 404 error when i try browsing maps or try to upload new data.
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Matt Bertrand <[email protected]>wrote: > Feel free to use the layer code from worldmap. I'd be happy to help > you out if you have any questions about it. There's a new LayerCategory > model, and the Layer model's category field was changed to be a foreign > key to that. Users can also change the layer's category name within a > map, which is saved in the MapLayer's 'group' field. > > > -Matt > > > On 2/11/11 10:30 AM, Spanring, Christian wrote: > > FYI. Data categories are also on our roadmap and I'll definitely check > out Harvard's code once I get to it, which should be within the next 2-3 > weeks I assume. Maybe there is some opportunity to share resources among > GeoNode users? > > > > Christian > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > David Winslow > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:22 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [geonode] Creating new tables in development.db > > > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Smitha V<[email protected]> wrote: > > We want to customize GeoNode to our organization's specifications. We > want to categorize data. Also while displaying, we want to group it into > folders based on the category. So, i want to add a field to the layer table > which specifies the category (like agriculture, population etc). But i am > not able to add a new column to the table. Can someone help me out which > this? > > > > GeoNode uses Django's "model" framework to interact with databases. I'd > recommend working your way through this tutorial: > http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/intro/ to learn about using it. The > tutorial should take less than an hour if you are familiar with Python > already, and it will also help you to learn about adding and customizing > pages in Django/GeoNode. > > > > There is already a 'category' field on Layers which you may be able to > adapt to your needs. I know the folks at Harvard Worldmap have done so > already so they may be able to provide some pointers (or you can peruse > their code on github.) > > > > We want to customize search. We want to perform search based on edit > distances. To achieve this, i need to add a new table(containing a list of > words) with which the search is performed. I am facing problem in adding a > new table to the database. Can i get some guidance on this? > > > > The tutorial I linked above will also help you to add new tables. > Currently data search is delegated out to the CSW service in GeoNode so you > will either need to reimplement the search code in Python/Django or > customize GeoNetwork to use edit distance for search. > > > > > > -- > > Regards > > Smitha V > > MT2009149 > > IIITB > > > > -- > > David Winslow > > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ > > > > > > Please be advised that the Massachusetts Secretary of State considers > e-mail to be a public record, and therefore subject to the Massachusetts > Public Records Law, M.G.L. c. 66 ยง 10. > > -- Regards Smitha V MT2009149 IIITB
