There's http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JGEOCODER which could potentially be integrated in some way. At least it's in Java, haven't looked at it much past that.
C Justin Deoliveira wrote: > Hi, > > As far as I know there has never been such a module. Unfortunately > geocoding is nothing GeoServer can do. > > -Justin > > Alvaro Zabala wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Im looking for some geoserver's geocoding code I saw many years ago. >> >> Am I wrong, or geoserver had a geocoding pluging in an elder version, to >> convert addresses in geographic coordinates? >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> 2008/11/20 Ivo Brodien <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >> >> Hello everybody, >> >> I am sorry for answering so late. Thanks for the motivating answers. >> >> >> 1) Shoud it be WMS or WFS service? >> > Andrea Aime wrote: >> > It depends, with vector output there's always a grey area. As a rule >> > of thum, if the output has any styling (it has to contain color, line >> > width, filled polygons and the like, and be driven by an SLD) then >> > it should be a WMS output format, since there is no concept of >> > styling in WFS. >> >> Ok, I will do it as a WMS service then, since I the plan ist to >> deliver styled maps. >> >> >> > GeoServer already has two SVG based output formats, one that >> > is based on Batik and that supports SLD almost fully but it's kind >> > of slow, and another one that supports very limited styling but >> > is faster. >> > I don't know anything about these SVG profiles for mobile hardware, >> > but I guess you'll need total control over the output, so I suggest >> > you look into the one that does not do full styling, and adapt >> > it to your needs. The classes can be found in the WMS module, >> > org.vfny.geoserver.wms.responses.map.svg package, and in particular >> > the low styling high performance classes are SVGMapProducer and >> > EncodeSVG, whilst the full styling lower performance is >> > SVGBatikMapProducer. >> >> I started wit the cloning and adapting the SVGMapProdcer.java, >> EncodeSVG.java and added my Render so it can be choosen via the >> WebInterface as the SVG-Renderer. >> >> >> >> 3) my biggest concern using geoserver is that I am afraid I can't >> >> make use of the PostGIS function AsSVG() <http://svg.cc/pg/assvg/> >> >> where I could optimize output by setting relative coords and limit >> >> precision. >> > >> > True, a WMS output format receives a MapContext definitions, that >> > do in turn have FeatureSource object. A good output format must not >> > make assumptions on the backend, and the PostGIS data store won't >> > allow >> > you to make use of that function either. >> > Then again, you can use the GeoTools Decimator class to perform >> > a simple on the fly generalization (that class assumes you're using >> > a special coordinate sequence class for your geometries, we can >> > talk details about this in a separate mail). >> >> Okay so I guess I will just have to use external tools to make some >> nicer SVG Data instead of letting PostGIS make all the work, which I >> thought would be faster than doing it in Java. PostGIS also has the >> Simplify function which does the generalization. It would be nice, if >> we could talk about the Decimators generalization in separate mail as >> you suggested Andrea. It sounds as if I also could use this class to >> convert the geo data to my local screen device coordinate system, so >> the client does not neet to do calculations? >> >> >> 4) For my purpose I guess I would use SVG Basic instead of Tiny >> >> because Tiny profile does not support textpath element which is >> >> nice for street names. >> >> 5) A gzip output would also be nice to reduce the file size >> > >> > This is handled automatically by GeoServer already. There is a >> > filter installed in GeoServer that compresses text based outputs >> > on the fly. You just have to add the svg mime type (image/svg+xml) >> > to the list of compressed types, look into web.xml. >> >> Great, works fine. >> >> >> 6) Since I need a lot of map data to test navigation I would like >> >> to import OSM data (OpenStreetMap) into the PostGIS database. I >> >> know the tables of OSM are a mess >> >> I have to correct myself. The data povided by GeoFabrik is pretty >> nice. When I used a tool osm2psql it imported the whole table >> structure. THe GeoFabrik data is very simple. >> >> Cheers >> Ivo >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >> great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >> the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geoserver-devel mailing list >> Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Alvaro Zabala Ordóñez >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> alvaro.zabala[en]juntadeandalucia[punto]es >> Tlf: 954 995 572 >> Gabinete de Normalización y Calidad >> Servicio de Coordinación y Desarrollo de Sistemas Horizontales. >> D.G. de Innovación y Administraciones Públicas. >> Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geoserver-devel mailing list >> Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > > -- Chris Holmes OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
