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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, that was my point as well, and the reason I thought maybe extflot
will be the fastest for us right now, since we have a long list of GIS
needs:
http://code.google.com/p/extflot/wiki/Tutorial

And then we could look into using SVG later (or someone else can do it
in parallel).

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Lars Helge Øverland
<larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My point is that using Ext with jQuery requires a bit of hacking, it would
> be easier to stick with only Ext but that might not be feasible, i don't
> know.
> http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:Using_Ext_With_jQuery
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> To complete the picture, there is Ext Core (MIT license) :
>> http://www.extjs.com/products/core/manual/
>>
>> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I think we probably need to keep both Ext and Jquery - and it looks
>> > like the two can work together:
>> >
>> > http://www.extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?56724-ExtJS-and-JQuery-working-together
>> >
>> > The GIS module is making good progress, though it will necessarily
>> > continue to be a bit heavy. Important to set up the webserver to serve
>> > it Gzipped (I seem to have trouble getting that to work with Tomcat).
>> >
>> > It will be cool when we can have all the maps in the database as
>> > GeoJSON. This will also make it easier to include maps elsewhere in
>> > the application, for example in the dashboard and in the OrgUnit
>> > managment interfaces. For this one could do without Ext, and just use
>> > a) OpenLayers, b) SVG, or c) even HTML ImageMaps, as Dutch national
>> > health atlas are doing:
>> > http://www.rivm.nl/vtv/object_map/o3017n21941.html
>> >
>> > Came across a Jquery wrapper for OpenLayers:
>> >
>> > http://code.google.com/p/jquery-openlayers/source/browse/trunk/lib/ui.openlayers.js
>> >
>> > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Lars Helge Øverland
>> > <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> This stuff is based on jquery, will this conflict with ext in the gis
>> >> module?
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Jan Henrik Øverland
>> >> <janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi, thanks for the research and discussion. Will have a look at it.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Well I think the jquery svg plugin has made up my mind re the ext vs
>> >>>> jquery discussion.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Take a look at this jquery plugin: http://keith-wood.name/svg.html.
>> >>>> This is appears to be a free software equivalent (though a bit more
>> >>>> general and not *quite* as sophisticated) as the highcharts thing.  I
>> >>>> hadn't noticed before that highcharts is also making svg which is
>> >>>> partly why they look so nice.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> In particular check out the graphing/plotting/mixture tabs.  I don't
>> >>>> think there can be a much easier open licenced way to make vector
>> >>>> graphic, w3c standard svg charts than this :-)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> What do you think Jan?  Would this meet your requirements?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Cheers
>> >>>> Bob
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 15 May 2010 11:39, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>> > On 14 May 2010 15:07, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>> >> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Bob Jolliffe
>> >>>> >> <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> >> wrote:
>> >>>> >>> highcharts look very beautiful but I think Knut is right.  I
>> >>>> >>> don't
>> >>>> >>> think we could use it.
>> >>>> >>>
>> >>>> >>> The flot thing looks a bit primitive :-(
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> The commercial alternatives are indeed more polished, but I think
>> >>>> >> this
>> >>>> >> may easily cover many of our needs - perhaps to be supplemented at
>> >>>> >> some later stage. Here are some examples:
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> http://people.iola.dk/olau/flot/examples/stacking.html
>> >>>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/flot-graphs/msg/b56101eb1375d1da
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> There is also flotr:
>> >>>> >> http://solutoire.com/flotr/docs/
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>> Have you looked at rendering charts in svg?  I see there are a
>> >>>> >>> few
>> >>>> >>> javascript (http://keith-wood.name/svggraphRef.html) , java and
>> >>>> >>> even
>> >>>> >>> xslt libaries (Dave pawson's
>> >>>> >>> http://www.dpawson.co.uk/graph2svg/index.html#intro is excellent
>> >>>> >>> but
>> >>>> >>> sadly xslt 2.0) out there to do that, and being an open standard
>> >>>> >>> we
>> >>>> >>> can customize to our heart's content.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> SVG is definitely a contender - but looks like it may take some
>> >>>> >> more
>> >>>> >> work to get going in terms of what we are currently looking for,
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Its not really that complicated.  If you use your favorite graphing
>> >>>> > program to create a template (I use gnuplot with terminal type svg
>> >>>> > but
>> >>>> > there are probably more modern alternatives) then you can
>> >>>> > relatively
>> >>>> > easily use this as a base and then use whatever programmatic means
>> >>>> > to
>> >>>> > update the actual data series representation in the chart.  See for
>> >>>> > example the last three data chunks (actually line drawing) in the
>> >>>> > markup of the attached.  This could be updated dynamically via
>> >>>> > javascript/ajax on the client side or on the server side depending
>> >>>> > on
>> >>>> > the use case.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Cheers
>> >>>> > Bob
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > And the good news is that native svg support is finally coming in
>> >>>> > IE9.
>> >>>> >  Its already in the platform review
>> >>>> > http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >>so
>> >>>> >> maybe a good strategy could be to for flot now and move in the
>> >>>> >> direction of SVG a bit later on?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Knut
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>> Regards
>> >>>> >>> Bob
>> >>>> >>>
>> >>>> >>> On 14 May 2010 13:59, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>> >>>> It seems the best alternative might be this JQuery library (MIT
>> >>>> >>>> licensed, so no problem):
>> >>>> >>>> http://code.google.com/p/flot/
>> >>>> >>>>
>> >>>> >>>> Knut
>> >>>> >>>>
>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>> >>>>> Hm...does not look good from a licensing point of view, I'm
>> >>>> >>>>> afraid,
>> >>>> >>>>> since we want this to be used by both governments and anyone
>> >>>> >>>>> else.
>> >>>> >>>>> I
>> >>>> >>>>> think we must try and find another alternative
>> >>>> >>>>> http://www.highcharts.com/license
>> >>>> >>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>> Knut
>> >>>> >>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Jan Henrik Øverland
>> >>>> >>>>> <janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>> >>>>>> The charts included in Ext3 require a Flash plugin. Thus I
>> >>>> >>>>>> decided
>> >>>> >>>>>> to use
>> >>>> >>>>>> Highcharts (http://www.highcharts.com) instead, which is pure
>> >>>> >>>>>> JavaScript and
>> >>>> >>>>>> afaik wouldn't cause any licence issues. Would be nice if the
>> >>>> >>>>>> licence gurus
>> >>>> >>>>>> could have a look, tho.
>> >>>> >>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:59 PM, <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> >>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>> Merge authors:
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  Jan Henrik Øverland (janhenrik-overland)
>> >>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>>> >>>>>>> revno: 1855 [merge]
>> >>>> >>>>>>> committer: Jan Henrik Overland <janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> >>>>>>> branch nick: trunk
>> >>>> >>>>>>> timestamp: Fri 2010-05-14 13:57:55 +0200
>> >>>> >>>>>>> message:
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  (GIS) Line chart for several periods implemented.
>> >>>> >>>>>>> added:
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-i18n/
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapping/action/GetMapValuesByMapAndFeatureIdAction.java
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/resources/highcharts/
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/resources/highcharts/Ext.ux.HighChart.js
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/resources/highcharts/adapter-extjs.js
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/resources/highcharts/highcharts.js
>> >>>> >>>>>>> modified:
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/aggregation/AggregatedMapValue.java
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/datamart/DataMartStore.java
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapping/MappingService.java
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-datamart-default/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/datamart/jdbc/JdbcDataMartStore.java
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-mapping/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapping/DefaultMappingService.java
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-system/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/system/objectmapper/AggregatedMapValueRowMapper.java
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapping/action/GetMapValuesByLevelAction.java
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapping/action/GetMapValuesByMapAction.java
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/resources/META-INF/dhis/beans.xml
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/resources/struts.xml
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/jsonAggregatedMapValues.vm
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/jsonminAggregatedMapValues.vm
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/mapping/index.html
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/mapping/script/index.js
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/resources/mapfish/widgets/Shortcuts.js
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Cheers,
Knut Staring