Road map for map rendering in Rappture

1. Initial Specifications and Work

• Create render server to accept commands.
• Create GDAL package for Rappture
• Create Rappture map object.
  • Parse initial <map> definition.
• Establish initial client/server protocol
  • Set map size.
  • Specify layer with data.
  • Specify layer with file name.
  • Specify layer with URL.
  • Specify layer with iData.
  • Pan
  • Zoom
  • Hide/show layers
  • Set projection
  • Receive automatic images from server.
• Documentation
  • Create glossary (terms and definitions)
  • Rappture map definition (on going).
  • Rappture map examples.
  • Rappture map documentation in wiki.

2. Simple client/server interaction.

• Simple map client viewer (as Rappture output)
  • Use rappture <map> object.
  • Pan controls
  • Zoom controls
  • Hide/show base layer.
  • Display name and description of layer.
• Raster file.
  • Use a base layer.
  • send geoTIFF data to server.
  • send geoTIFF file name to server.
  • send geoTIFF URL to server.

2.1 Image files

• Image file.
  • Use a base layer.
  • Send PNG data to server.
  • Send PNG file name to server.
  • Send PNG URL to server.

2.2 Shape files

• Shape file.
  • Use a base layer.
  • Send shape data to server.
  • Send shape file(s) directory name to server.
  • Send shape URL to server.

2.3 Shape files

• Netcdf file.
  • Use a base layer.
  • Send netcdf data to server.
  • Send netcdf file name to server.
  • Send netcdf URL to server.

2.4 Shape files

• GIS Server.
  • Use a base layer.
  • Send GIS data to server. Rappture gets data from URL.
  • Send GIS URL to server.

3. Client/server support of multiple layers.

• Multiple layers.
  • Use multiple raster, shape, and netcdf.
  • Hide/show layers.
  • Mixed projections.
  • Mix shape and raster layers.

4. View

• View
  • Define initial view in Rappture.
  • Define visible layers in Rappture.

5. Styles, Labels

• Zoo of shapes.
  • polygon, point, circle(?), line
• Glyphs
  • Define icon
  • Define LOD
• Labeling
  • Shape names and attributes.
• Styles
  • Specify style for a layer.
  • Multiple styles.
  • <enable> handling of styles.
  • Font, color, outline color, line width, etc.

6. Features.

• Raster files
  • Specify bands RED, GREEN, BLUE, etc.
  • Define transfer function for map layer.
  • Protocol: Specify data ranges.
• Features
• Scale bar.

7. Annotations

• Add annotations to Rappture.
  • Specify type of annotation: plot, table, image viewer, etc.
• Add plot annotations to viewer.
  • Plot X-Y graph.
  • Plot bar chart.
  • Plot stacked line graphs.
• Add table to viewer.
  • View data in table.
  • Export as CSV.
• Add image gallery to viewer.
  • View images associated will selected sites.

8. Rappture <map> as input.

• Simple map client viewer (as Rappture input)
  • Use rappture <map> object.
  • Pan controls
  • Zoom controls
  • Hide/show base layer.
  • Display name and description of layer.
  • Serialize map information for program (driver.xml).

• Add selections to viewer
  • Select a region, line, area, etc. by clicking on map.
  • Select a region, line, area, etc. by drop-down menu.
  • Highlight region.
  • Pass selections to program.