CSW Starting Point

For the time being, I'll have the starting point for the CSW search along side other elements in teh toolbar. So CSW would reside somewhere next to the WMS section, and would popup in a new window.

CSW WIreframes

Created some wireframes for CSW, and uploaded the PNGs here:
http://www.mapbender.org/CSW_prototypes

Checked-out branch and installed mapbender

Checked out the GSoC branch for the CSW development, and installed it under Postgres. The installation is a bit tricky, as the version numbers of the SQL files still are 2.5 etc - which doesn't help when installing from the trunk, a.k.a latest version. A look at the installation script helps determine the order. Thus under postgres, the installation would be as such, where $dbname should be replaced with the name of your database that you create:

Assuming UTF8

createdb -E UTF-8 $dbname

Move to the folder where mapbender is installed/extracted, and do the following
psql -f pgsql/pgsql_schema_2.5.sql $dbname
psql -f pgsql/UTF-8/pgsql_data_2.5.sql $dbname
psql -f pgsql/pgsql_serial_set_sequences_2.5.sql $dbname
psql -f pgsql/UTF-8/update/update_2.5_to_2.5.1rc1_pgsql_UTF-8.sql $dbname
psql -f pgsql/UTF-8/update/update_2.5.1rc1_to_2.5.1_pgsql_UTF-8.sql $dbname
psql -f pgsql/UTF-8/update/update_2.5.1_to_2.6rc1_pgsql_UTF-8.sql $dbname

once this is done, you can install the postgis data into the database, by going to the folder where postgis is installed, and,
psql -f lwpostgis.sql -d $dbname
psql -f spatial_ref_sys.sql -d $dbname

CSW Requirements Mindmap

Created a Mindmap with Freemind to capture the requirements of the CSW for Mapbender - seems to be a good way to see the overall picture.

Alas, cannot link this to the mapbender wiki due to its unkown file type: I'm uploading the CSW Mindmap for the time being.

Created SVN Sandbox under branches

Created a SVN Branch to kick off the coding - the branch is named mifan_gsoc09, and is created under the mapbender branches directory in the mapbender SVN.

Reading Chapter 4 on SDI Cookbook - Geo Catalogs

Reading SDI cookbook on the creation of Geo Catalogs - quite a comprehensive description of how and why to create catalogs and then to access them.

Reading Chapter 4 on SDI Cookbook - Geo Catalogs

Reading SDI cookbook on the creation of Geo Catalogs

GeoNetwork Installation

Installed GeoNetwork on local machine. Would be helpful to look at the CSW and search implementation of it, especially the newer CSW client

Mapbender stable 2.5.1 installation

After last week's failure to install the development version, I decided to stick to the stable 2.5.1 with MySQL - and it works perfectly - now to get back to the development version with Postgres...

Mapbender with PostGIS

Installed the latest version of Mapbender with PostGIS - it works! pretty cool.

Showstopper no. 1

Tried installing the latest trunk version of Mapbender with mysql and having problems - maybe I used the wrong version of the SQL files whilst installing. I can login to the system, but the various GUIs don't show up.

Tried the database_setup utility under the tools folder - it seems to be referring to the wrong files - gotta check on Trac whether this is a bug or not. No luck today

Setting up Environment

Worked on setting up Eclipse for the arrival of Mapbender. Installed subclipse and checked-out mapbender from the svn into my public_html folder on Ubuntu. Apache and co. is already installed...

Mapbender GSoC 2009

Hip hip hurrah... I just got to know that I was selected for the Mapbender project under the GSoC 2009 program, under the OSGEO umbrella.