Ciao Torben, the explanation is as usual lack of time and changing priorities. We created that material for training purposes and then we never had the time to contribute (portion of ) it back.
I am perfectly fine with you pushing (after adapting) some portions of it into the GeoServer doc. Regards, Simone Giannecchini == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. == Ing. Simone Giannecchini @simogeo Founder/Director GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 333 8128928 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- AVVERTENZE AI SENSI DEL D.Lgs. 196/2003 Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica e/o nel/i file/s allegato/i sono da considerarsi strettamente riservate. Il loro utilizzo è consentito esclusivamente al destinatario del messaggio, per le finalità indicate nel messaggio stesso. Qualora riceviate questo messaggio senza esserne il destinatario, Vi preghiamo cortesemente di darcene notizia via e-mail e di procedere alla distruzione del messaggio stesso, cancellandolo dal Vostro sistema. Conservare il messaggio stesso, divulgarlo anche in parte, distribuirlo ad altri soggetti, copiarlo, od utilizzarlo per finalità diverse, costituisce comportamento contrario ai principi dettati dal D.Lgs. 196/2003. The information in this message and/or attachments, is intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s) and may be confidential or proprietary in nature or covered by the provisions of privacy act (Legislative Decree June, 30 2003, no.196 - Italy's New Data Protection Code).Any use not in accord with its purpose, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or either dissemination, either whole or partial, is strictly forbidden except previous formal approval of the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please contact immediately the sender by telephone, fax or e-mail and delete the information in this message that has been received in error. The sender does not give any warranty or accept liability as the content, accuracy or completeness of sent messages and accepts no responsibility for changes made after they were sent or for other risks which arise as a result of e-mail transmission, viruses, etc. On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 1:48 AM, Torben Barsballe <tbarsba...@boundlessgeo.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK > Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. > Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. > Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple > OSs. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
