Hello all,
I'm looking for client for generic tiled servers. I know uDig does it, and
I'm willing to adapt the code to GeoTools. I'm trying to do my homework and
currently have read
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Tile+Server+Client
and could base some of this work on the one previuosly done here:
https://github.com/uDig-Community/udig-community/tree/master/jody/plugins/net.refractions.udig.community.jody.tile/src
and here
https://github.com/tosa/wmt (which I believe is the one in uDig).
The requirement I currently have is to access the map server of a major map
API provider (yes, sir, we have a license for that ; -) and use the base
map material for the background map. I'm often asked about different
providers and how difficult it is to let them provide the base map, on top
of which we draw our stuff (think pdf-based map reports). I'd rather access
those providers through a uniform interface using geotools classes, than
write a client for each. Dreaming: I wish GeoServer would do most of the
hard work for me... But first things first.
Because I'm on the exploratory and tentative phase, no promises from me,
but a question: Would this be very difficult? (Remember that most - ? - of
the work has been done above.) Could someone perhaps send me a few pointers
to indicate the way to go?
Ideally, I'd come up with a layer-like (?) object I can use in the
MapContent. I have a running example of a swing-based JMap, which can also
draw on a graphics object (which I can later use for the pdf-rendering).
Eventually I'll drop the swing code an use off-screen rendering (with the
GTRenderer and affine classes).
Thanks in advance
Tupi
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