Hi Again Pedro: I have written up our discussion with a bit more detail here: - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTDOC/00+Use+of+Standards
If you can read it over and ask questions it would be great. Jody > I had to do a web search to find the two primers: > - http://docs.codehaus.org/download/attachments/31212/ISO19109+Primer.pdf > - http://docs.codehaus.org/download/attachments/31212/ISO19123+Primer.pdf > > Stupid stupid stupid ... > > On the bright side I am trying to document GeoTools as people ask me > questions - although I only write docs if someone is going to actually > test them and give me feedback. So if you are game join me on IRC > freenode#geotools. > > Jody >> One thing that *almost* helps is that GeoTools is based on >> "standards" published by the OGC (so you can download lots of >> documentation and you will find the names line up between the >> GeoTools code base and the class diagrams in the standards). >> >> However recently they started working with OGC people started working >> more with ISO Standards (which you have to pay in order to read). >> This is EVIL - one nice person (Bryce!) has made up "primers" on the >> ISO specs that have pictures. These primers are not kind to the the >> faint of heart, but they are kind to the faint of budget. >> >> You will also find the GeoAPI project useful - as they convert the >> standards into normal Java interfaces for us to all use. >> Jody >> >> Pedro Da Ros wrote: >>> Hey again, Andrea! >>> >>> Yeah, it turns out Im fighting to understand geotools, and not uDig >>> (yet), my bad asking about it as if it was uDig :P. >>> >>> I´m checking the link you gave me on the docs of geotools and am >>> trying to understand it. Overall it looks like a complex architecture, >>> but seems solid. I will keep trying to manage to understand this :P. >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> -Pedro Da Ros >> >> _______________________________________________ >> User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) >> http://udig.refractions.net >> http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel > > _______________________________________________ > User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) > http://udig.refractions.net > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
