Just an update - they got in touch with me from Mapstory, so it's all working out :)
thanks, Nitin On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Nitin Gadia <[email protected]> wrote: > Fantastic! > Sorry for the delay. > > I'm going to play around with all the things you sent me. > Worldmap is pretty amazing. I met Matt Bertrand at the FOSS4G > conference recently. I heard great things about it, but this is the > first time I'm seeing it. > I see that worldmap also has a "google earth" button. For me, it is > only pulling up a blank globe, with no layers. It would be great if > when you were viewing a layer, and you clicked on it, it would show > that layer in google earth. > Also, I see that you can edit styling and such, and it seems like you > can add points, but I don't see the option to add lines and polygons. > I can understand why they wouldn't have that, but perhaps i'm just not > seeing it? > > In any case, I'll play around with configuring Geoserver to showing > KMLs in that link you sent me. > I may just try and use the OpenGeo suite to start, and get it working. > Then I'll install Geonode and do it with that. > > Of course ultimately, one may want all the open features to be > integrated into one system, which is what they're doing at mapstory. > I'd also love to be able to use the tools that they are creating in > mapstory. The community is closed right now, and I can't play around > in it. I've tried contacting people in it, and not been successful. > I know that David Winslow is very involved, but can't find his email > or any other way of contacting him. If you can introduce me to him, or > anyone else involved with mapstory, please do :) > > What is the progress on GeoGit, and is there any demo available? > > By the way, check out the intro I made to the ideas I'm pursuing: > http://www.thenittygritty.org/onlinemappingproject > > > Thanks > Nitin > > > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Chris Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > > For your first question - even with an alternate viewer it'd still take a > > bit of admin configuration of GeoServer. Like if you upload data to > > GeoServer then you can configure one of the fields to be the 'time' and > then > > google earth will get a time slider from it. > > See > http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/googleearth/tutorials/time/time.html > > > > But straight from GeoNode there's not that config. But I believe the > > mapstory improvements should have a side effect of making time work in > the > > default viewer and in google earth. > > > > And I know of no online communities that do exactly the functionality you > > imagine. ArcGis.com is another collaboration possibility, but I think > all > > editing needs to be done on esri desktop tools. When MapStory proper > goes > > live it should do much of what you want. And the Harvard WorldMap > > (http://worldmap.harvard.edu/) guys were the first to add editing to > > GeoNode, but I'm not sure if their long term intent is to make that a > fully > > open community or if it's targeted at Harvard or universities. Our > vision > > of GeoNode is to enable a number of those communities, each customized to > > their use case. Eventually there may be an open web service that all can > > use and collaborate on, which hopefully shouldn't be hard to make as the > > software keeps evolving, but right now there's none. > > > > For true collaboration I think we need more than just editing, we need > > tracking of all changes like svn/git. We've started some work towards > that > > end, which hopefully will be successful and make it's way in to GeoNode > > - http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GeoGit+approach > > > > best regards, > > > > Chris > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Nitin Gadia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> anyone? > >> > >> Take your time :) Usually people are a bit quicker to respond, so I > >> thought maybe people overlooked or forgot about me, so just in case :) > >> > >> thanks > >> nitin > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Nitin Gadia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Well, so that's in development... > >>> I met Matt Priour, who is developing the time-slider at the recent > FOSS4G > >>> conference. Glad to know that's coming along well. > >>> > >>> While that is being created, is there a way I can incorporate some > other > >>> viewer that already has the functionality? > >>> So, can people upload data and view it in a google earth viewer for > >>> example? I see that people can click a "google earth viewer" icon > here, but > >>> the maps don't show: > >>> http://demo.geonode.org/maps/new > >>> > >>> Come to think of it - are there any open communities that upload maps, > >>> and allow collaborate on them? > >>> I only know of openstreetmap, and the google earth community. > >>> I also know of services where you can upload information and style and > >>> view it, such as Geocommons, which has a time functionality, but is not > >>> built for collaboration. > >>> > >>> Give me any and all examples if you can :) > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> nitin > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Nitin Gadia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> hey - you've got the wrong email thread. Good luck with your problem. > >>>> > >>>> nitin > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Kerrisha Nelson > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi I requested help from you yesterday. I really need this done. > >>>>> > >>>>> I am currently working with GeoNode and a specific user need has > risen. > >>>>> I need to be able to assign users the authority to upload data to > GeoNode. > >>>>> Hence, I need to know how to add two new user permissions; allow > upload data > >>>>> and restrict upload data. > >>>>> > >>>>> That was my request from yesterday. I already confirmed my identity. > >>>>> Thanks in advance. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Jeffrey Johnson < > [email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This ability to create new features is also a feature being > developed > >>>>>> as part of MapStory. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Jeff > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Nitin Gadia <[email protected]> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > In all the demo's I've seen, you can't add point, line and polygon > >>>>>> > data, and > >>>>>> > create new features. Please show me how to if I'm mistaken :) > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > nitin > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Jeffrey Johnson > >>>>>> > <[email protected]> > >>>>>> > wrote: > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> Hi Nitin, > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> Some answers inline: > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Nitin Gadia < > [email protected]> > >>>>>> >> wrote: > >>>>>> >> > Hello, > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> >> > Can geonode: > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> >> > *Provide a way that people can edit or create new maps? > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> This is default functionality of GeoNode, is there something not > >>>>>> >> working for you? > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > *Have a time-slider for elements with time data? > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> There is a new project called MapStory where this sort of > >>>>>> >> functionality is being developed. You can check out the demo > layer > >>>>>> >> here. > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> http://mapstory.demo.opengeo.org/data/geonode:mexmurder > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> This project is adding full support for time based layers into > >>>>>> >> GeoNode, but the changes are in a different fork of the code for > >>>>>> >> now. > >>>>>> >> Other people on this list can help you get an instance setup with > >>>>>> >> this > >>>>>> >> code if you like, but it may not be ready for you to put on a > >>>>>> >> production server yet (read complete and bug-free). > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> Let us know if that helps answer your question. > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> Jeff > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > I want to do something like this: > >>>>>> >> > http://geacron.com/home-en/ > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> >> > ... but where people can have a time-slider and can edit and > add > >>>>>> >> > to the > >>>>>> >> > map, > >>>>>> >> > as well as create separate maps for specific things (like > >>>>>> >> > migration, > >>>>>> >> > statistics, wars, etc). > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> >> > If geonode can't do it, how would you suggest to do all three > >>>>>> >> > options > >>>>>> >> > (including be able to upload and categorize maps)? > >>>>>> >> > Can you link geonode with another mapping tool, where users can > >>>>>> >> > upload > >>>>>> >> > stuff > >>>>>> >> > to geonode, and edit them in a different online tool? > >>>>>> >> > Perhaps there can be a viewing tool, an editing tool, and an > >>>>>> >> > upload > >>>>>> >> > tool, > >>>>>> >> > all on the same site. > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> >> > Thanks, > >>>>>> >> > Nitin > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > >
