Geotools Programmers: I'm about to embark on a project to overhaul the way OpenJUMP imports data from simple files. There are really only three (3) types of files that are critical to include in the update (I'm still debating on if I want to update GML 2.0 support):
- ESRI Shapefiles - OGC WKT - Image Files (JPG, TIFF, PNG) I thought this might be a good time to sniff around for an opportunity to utilize some low-level code from GeoTools in OpenJUMP. Our current Shapefile reader is from a very old release of GeoTools. We've made some minor fixes since that time, but I suspect the GeoTools support for Shapefiles may now be better than what we are using. What is the current status of Shapefile read/write in Geotools? Is the code in good shape? Does it have an active maintainer? I'm also wondering if we could use Geotools to read/write OGC WKT format. The same questions I asked for shapefiles would apply to OGC WKT as well. If I can get OpenJUMP moved over to Geotools code for this type of file access, we can maintain the low-level code as two communities, which makes a lot more sense. It would be great if our patches were your patches and vice versa. I'm not looking to adopt the Geotools feature model or any framework higher than the actual access to the data in the files. Any comments? If this migration isn't practical for some reason, I'll have to perform my overhaul with the old file readers/writers in OpenJUMP. The Sunburned Surveyor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
