On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 4:54 PM Paul van Genuchten < [email protected]> wrote:
> This issue dates back to januari 2017 and part of it is discussed in > https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-7990. > We have a use case of many layers in a service that are annual snapshots. > the order how these layers are advertised in capabilities is important > (this is the order in which they are shown when you open the capabilities > document in qgis/arcgis). Geoserver instead uses an alphabetic order which > is not optimal here. > > The improvement proposal in 2017 ( > https://github.com/PascalLike/geoserver/tree/GEOS-7990) was a start to > set up a UI to set up ordering for layers (similar to how layers are > ordered in layergroups), but for various reasons never made it to core. > > In stead I want to propose a more simple approach as a start in which a > setting on wms-service-level is introduced that deactivates the > alphabetical order, on which geoserver will fall back to an order based on > order of addition. > I don't think it's going to work, the order you'd get is at best mimicking the order that the file system returns file on (which is not predictable across operating systems), and what's more GeoServer now loads layers at startup with a multithreaded approach, meaning even that order won't be respected Cheers Andrea == 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.*
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