+1 On 2021-03-18 7:53 a.m., Andrea Aime wrote: > Hi all, > as you know, the WPS download module is now a supported extension. The > module provides > a good asynchronous animation building facility, which can be called > in a asynchronous way and > generates MP4 movies. > > Maybe not many know that WMS has an "animator", which can build > animated gifs: > https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/tutorials/animreflector.html > > It does not compare very well to the WPS download: > > 1. Can only do synchronous requests > 2. It's memory bound > 3. Normally limited to URL size (I guess one could do a form POST > though, haven't tried) > 4. Can only build animated GIFs (hence, relatively low compression) > 5. Can only work with local GeoServer layers (WPS download can do on > the fly cascade as well) > > To be fair, it has one advantage over the WPS download, in that it can > animate over any WMS > request parameter, like changing the bbox, or a view param, while WPS > download only over time. > > I don't think anyone is seriously using it (did you know it was there > in the first place?), and given > its runtime limits and memory consumption, I'd suggest to just drop > it. Only on the dev branch, > and we can include a warning in the 2.19.0 release announcement for > eventual users to switch > to the WPS download. > > Opinions?? > > Cheers > Andrea > > *: well, almost superceded! > > == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit > http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime > @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via di Montramito 3/A > 55054 Massarosa (LU) phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: > +39 339 8844549 http://www.geo-solutions.it > http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it > ------------------------------------------------------- /Con > riferimento alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE > 2016/679 - Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si > precisa che ogni circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo > contenuto, gli eventuali allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è > riservata al/i solo/i destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il > messaggio Le è giunto per errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra > operazione è illecita. Le sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene > notizia. This email is intended only for the person or entity to which > it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, > confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. We remind that - > as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 “GDPR” - copying, > dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information herein by > anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have > received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by > telephone or e-mail./ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
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