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Re: [Branch ~dhis2-devs-core/dhis2/trunk] Rev 1855: (GIS) Line chart for several periods implemented.

 

Seems like Extflot is a good solution. Quite easy to use and with some
styling (the attached image has no styling at all) it may look good as well.


On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
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> >> >>>> >>>>>>>
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> >> >>>> >>>>>>>
>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/resources/highcharts/
> >> >>>> >>>>>>>
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>  dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-mapping/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-mapping/resources/highcharts/Ext.ux.HighChart.js
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