Hi Andrea, Agree that GML and perhaps KML are a bit of history.
OpenLayers is an obvious 1st choice for layer preview as it stands right now. Because MapML is an extension module, I felt it was appropriate to 'promote' it to the prominent position it has when you go to the trouble of installing the module. Ideally, it would be possible to replace the OL preview in its No. 1 spot with that of an extension format. Understandable if that's more trouble than it's worth at this time. CRS support might be an issue for MapML, at least currently. We're hopeful that we can improve that situation over time. Generally, it's good to keep up with the times by retiring veteran formats when appropriate. Cheers Peter Rushforth On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 1:19 p.m. Andrea Aime < andrea.a...@geosolutionsgroup.com> wrote: > Hi all, > looking at the preview page these days I find there are several things > that could be improved: > > - Users often go overboard with names and titles, making the > horizontal real estate insufficient > - KML is not that popular any more, nor is GML for what is worth > - Having direct access to all formats is probably not a big necessity > - Not having a clear way to access tiled maps from GWC is a limitation > > With that in mind, I was thinking of simplifying the normal view to just > hold the OL preview, but have the ability to expand a second row of > controls that would contain access to other formats, classified by type, > something like this: > > [image: image.png] > The yellow triangle would be a button to expand the preview row and show > more controls, in particular, categorized drop downs, with access to all > map formats, to the GWC tiled previews, and to raw data format. > Raw data could have WCS 2.0 links too, if the service is available, with > the full layer download. > Yes, that could fail due to service limits, but at the same time, I don't > know of a good way to find a bbox that would fit the limits and contain > actual pixels at the same time (other than sampling, that is, which would > be too expensive). > > The dotted blocks above would be pluggable, so that new formats and > extensions could add their own little customized block (e.g., MapML could > have its own section for example... just thinking out loud). > > Thoughts? > > Cheers > Andrea > > == > GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! > > Visit http://bit.ly/gs-services-us for more information. > == > > Ing. Andrea Aime > @geowolf > Technical Lead > > GeoSolutions Group > phone: +39 0584 962313 > > fax: +39 0584 1660272 > > mob: +39 339 8844549 > > https://www.geosolutionsgroup.com/ > > 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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