Paul, Have you seen http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Design ? This covers some of the anatomy which I think you are referring to (although it might be a bit long winded and out of date in places).
I think Andreas had ideas about which documentation was in most need of a review. I'd be interested to hear his suggestions. Cote, Paul wrote: > Thank you Cameron! It Works!!! > > So, to keep up my end of the deal: > I have gotten a great start by reading the basic tutorial at > http://communitymapbuilder.org/display/MAP/Tutorials and also > > > http://lyceum.massgis.state.ma.us/wiki/doku.php?id=mapbuilder:massgis_ma > pbuilder_getting_started_tutorial , which seems to be by Saul Freeman > and Aleda Freeman. > > I can see a place for a basic tutorial that describes the anatomy of > mapbuilder map with the Config, the ogcContext and the Html files. In > particular, the thing that would help me the most is a diagram showing > the anatomy of the config file. I'm still a bit sketchy as to why some > buttons/widgets must be inside the model context, and others go outside > for example. So, I have a bit more to learn about how this all works > before I write a tutorial. Once I finish the app I am making, I will > offer it as an example, and could provide tutorial about how it was > made. > > I am very impressed with the serious standards-based approach to this > development project -- all the way down to the ieee standard conceptual > organization! And I look forward to contributing. If you have any > particular documentation tasks that you think a newbie such as myself > might contribute, let me know. > > Thanks again! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 1:26 AM > To: Cote, Paul > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Mapbuilder-users] Help with AoiForm > > Hi Paul, > Any offer to write documentation is very attractive and worthy of a > response. :) > > You seem to have a problem in your massgis_mbconfig.xml file. > A widget determines which model it should render from the tree structure > > in the config file. > In your case, <SetAoi> should be inside <Context id="mainMap">. > Ie > <models> > <Context id="mainMap"> > <widgets> > .. > <SetAoi> > </widget> > </Context> > </models> > > Cote, Paul wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> Sorry if this is posted twice. I was not subscriobed to the list the >> first time, & so have no way of knowing if my previous attempt was >> posted. Happy new year everyone! >> >> The post: >> >> I am new to MapBuilder but was amazed at how easy it was to make a web >> > > >> page pointing to resources at my favorite GIS agency. >> >> Now I have spent about a week trying to add the aoiform widget and >> have been reading all of the code and bootstrapping myself on >> Javascript, XSLT, sarrissa and all the rest (which is certainly good >> for me!) but I can't make the dad-gummed Aoi Form work!! My dream is >> to have a nice web page where a user can drag a box on a map and I can >> > > >> capture the bbox into a metadata form that they are filling out. It >> will be so cool! >> >> I have successfully created a page with a model and added the SetAoi >> button and a AoiForm widget, but I can't for the life of me cause the >> aoi parameters to update in the form! I have a feeling I am missing >> something that is easy and fundamental to someone who know what they >> are doing. >> >> Here is the page >> > http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/gis/mapbuilder/massgis.html > >> you will see links to my config file and context documents at the >> bottom of the page. >> >> If you can help me with this, I promise to help to improve the newbie >> documentation for MapBuilder! >> >> Thanks >> >> Paul Cote >> >> Harvard Graduate School of Design >> >> Geographic Information Systems Specialist >> >> Lecturer in Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> _______________________________________________ >> Mapbuilder-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mapbuilder-users >> >> > > > -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Systems Architect Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mapbuilder-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mapbuilder-users
