[Users] License of the Geoext styler

[Rolando Peñate]

I just realized where this thread was (had previously only been CCed)  
so thought I'd reproduce my comments here for posterity.
>
> I just wanted to drop you a note as to the location of my notes on  
> spatial filters: http://projects.opengeo.org/geoext/wiki/FilterBuilder
>
> The big differences from what I saw of yours are that I allow  
> attribute and spatial conditions to be mixed and I group the drawing/ 
> editing tools with each condition to allow for multiple spatial  
> filters, though I'm not sure how common either of those use cases are.
>
> It's still a pretty rough draft, so please let me know if you have  
> any thoughts or any clear use cases you are trying to solve for.
In response to your comments below, moving the vector drawing tools  
out of the top bar and adjacent to the condition adheres more closely  
to our convention of keeping the parameters closely tied to each  
condition and allows us to create multiple spatial features (whether  
or not that is something we actually want is a different question).  
It's true that removing an explicit "add spatial filter" option means  
fewer clicks, but I wonder if it means giving up on clarity as well.

Thanks again for all your work on this, don't hesitate to let me know  
if you have any ideas or would like me to mock up any other approaches.

-- 
Rolando Peñate
Design Lead
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org

PS - The point/line/polygon icons in my mockup differ from those found  
in OpenLayers. If you're interested in using them they're part of the  
GeoSilk set: http://projects.opengeo.org/geosilk/wiki/#VectorIcons

On Aug 6, 2009, at 11:17 AM, François Van Der Biest wrote:

> Great !
>
> Here's how I envision things ...
> (the attached screenshot may help)
>
> If the allowSpatial option is set to true on the FilterBuilder, a top
> toolbar is added.
> This toolbar has 3 GeoExt.Action, configured with drawFeature controls
> (toggle buttons).
>
> Each time a feature is added, a SpatialFilterPanel is added as a child
> to the FilterBuilder (same behavior as currently with FilterPanels).
>
> A SpatialFilterPanel has a reference to the drawn feature, and enables
> its modification via a "modify" button (we take advantage of the newly
> introduced standalone option in the modifyfeature control). This
> button shares the same toggleGroup as those from the top toolbar.
> A SpatialFilterPanel also has a combobox with the different kinds of
> spatial filters preconfigured.
>
> When we first talked about this with Eric, we were thinking of adding
> a "add spatial filter" button on the bottom toolbar, which would
> activate/show the top toolbar and add a SpatialFilterPanel panel. I
> finally chose the option I described above because I think it enables
> the user to do more things with less clicks.
>
> What would be your option on that ?
> Thank's,
> F.
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Chris Holmes<cholmes at opengeo.org>  
> wrote:
>> That's awesome, the lack of spatial filters in the filter builder is
>> definitely a major hole right now.  If you need any help with the
>> interaction design we'd be happy to have our designer (cced) take a  
>> look.
>>
>> As for patches, for now just create a ticket on
>> http://projects.opengeo.org/styler and attach a patch there.
>>
>> And we're looking for funding to incorporate styler as geoext  
>> components and
>> extensions (for the REST interaction with geoserver which probably  
>> isn't
>> appropriate for geoext core as it's app specific).  If you guys can  
>> help out
>> with that before we get funding we can point you at the tickets and  
>> do code
>> reviews.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> François Van Der Biest wrote:
>>>
>>> FYI, we're currently working on the FilterBuilder to add the  
>>> ability to
>>> create spatial filters.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> F.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Eric Lemoine <eric.lemoine at camptocamp.com
>>> <mailto:eric.lemoine at camptocamp.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Hi Tim
>>>
>>>    We've started using elements of the styler. We have a few  
>>> patches that
>>>    we'd like to contribute. Do you know where we should send them?
>>>
>>>    Thanks,
>>>
>>>    --
>>>    Eric Lemoine
>>>
>>>    Camptocamp France SAS
>>>    Savoie Technolac, BP 352
>>>    73377 Le Bourget du Lac, Cedex
>>>
>>>    Tel : 00 33 4 79 44 44 96
>>>    Mail : eric.lemoine at camptocamp.com <mailto:eric.lemoine at camptocamp.com 
>>> >
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>> Chris Holmes
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>>
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