On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Andrea Aime <andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it>
wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Torben Barsballe <
> tbarsba...@boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>
>> I have recently been testing out various ImageMosaic functionality, and
>> have ran into a fairly blatant error in the ImageMosaic tutorial in the
>> GeoServer documentation (
>> http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/tutorials/image_mosaic_plugin/imagemosaic.html
>> ):
>>
>> In order to configure a new CoverageStore and a new Coverage with this
>>> plugin, an index file needs to be generated first in order to associate
>>> each granule to its bounding box. *Currently we support only a
>>> Shapefile as a proper index*, although it would be possible to extend
>>> this and use other means to persist the index.
>>>
>>
>> (Emphasis mine)
>>
>> Looking at the codebase however, I can see that there is support for
>> other indexing stores, including PostGIS and H2.
>>
>
> Correct. And Oracle too.
>
>
>>
>> Documentation on how to set up such an imagemosaic can be found on the
>> GeoSolutions site at
>> http://geoserver.geo-solutions.it/multidim/en/imagemosaic/mosaic_datastore.html
>>
>> Could someone who has worked on this functionality and/or this
>> documentation comment as to why this has not been included in the GeoServer
>> documentation, and is only documented on the GeoSolutions site?
>>
>
> I find it unbelievable that someone from a company that is shipping a
> GeoServer with extra functionality, that is not contributed back to
> GeoServer, thinks to have the
> right to call out other developers out on outdated docs, but for
> functionality that is actually contributed and improved over time for
> everybody's benefit.
>
>
I did not intend to call out GeoSolutions on not updating the docs, but
rather verify that I am not stepping on anyone's toes by adapting this
existing content to the GeoServer docs (see below). Given how busy many of
the core GeoServer developers are, "The docs haven't been looked at since
before this functionality was added" is a perfectly valid response. Sorry
if this was not clear from my original message.
Also, the views of Boundless do not necessarily reflect my own (and vice
versa).
> But even without going there, just to show you a counter example, can you
> tell me where in the GeoServer guide we can find the equivalent of this?
> http://suite.opengeo.org/4.1/cartography/rt/barnes.html
> To paraphrase, why is that documented only in the OpenGeo Suite site?
>
> Perfectly fair criticism (although the geoserver docs do give a full sld
example of a HeatMap, with the adaptation of the Transform syntax to other
rendering transforms left as an excercise to the reader). As you noted,
everyone is busy and doesn't seem to find time to update the community docs.
> docs.geoserver.org has various bits of outdated and incomplete
> documentation, if you find bits are lacking you're more than welcomed
> to improve them. Or to provide help in other ways, thus freeing other devs
> time for writing more docs. Don't know, answering mails on the
> users list, fixing bugs found in the tracker, helping to keep the build
> servers going, updating the CITE tests, and so on
>
> If it is just a case of outdated docs I am happy to improve them. Given
that the content at
http://geoserver.geo-solutions.it/multidim/en/imagemosaic/mosaic_datastore.html
is the property of GeoSolutions, may I adapt the content there while
updating the GeoServer docs, or would you prefer that I merely link to that
content instead?
Torben
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