IRC logs for #farmOS, 2019-08-01 (GMT)

2019-07-31
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[06:59:26]<skipper_is[m]>I wonder whether this would be usable with the area geom tool https://openlayers.org/en/latest/apidoc/module-ol_interaction_Snap-Snap....
[06:59:41]<skipper_is[m]>I guess it'd have to go through geofield
[07:34:54]<mstenta[m]>@skipper_is:matrix.org: maybe! We're actually in the process of rewriting some of the Openlayers code in farmOS
[07:35:03]<mstenta[m]>So it's a good time to consider!
[07:35:40]<mstenta[m]>Can you add a feature request to https://GitHub.com/farmOS/farmOS-map
[07:35:47]<mstenta[m]>That's the new mapping library repo
[07:36:15]<mstenta[m]>Not used in farmOS yet, but the goal is to make a common library that can be used in both farmOS and field kit
[07:44:48]<mstenta[m]>Saw the issue you made, thanks!
[07:45:11]<mstenta[m]>We still need to implement the drawing tools in the new library, so that will be a good time to consider this as well
[07:46:06]<skipper_is[m]>Yea. It'd be really helpful when drawing out fields, to ensure they share the same border, and aren't overlapping etc
[07:46:27]<skipper_is[m]>At the moment I'm doing my fields in QGIS, and copying in the WKT
[07:47:57]<skipper_is[m]>Oo, ability to add in extra basemaps would be really nice..
[07:48:25]<mstenta[m]>Agreed
[07:48:50]<mstenta[m]>Oh yea adding base maps is possible already
[07:48:54]<mstenta[m]>Just requires some module programming
[07:49:01]<skipper_is[m]>Yea
[07:49:04]<skipper_is[m]>and an WMS server..
[07:49:18]<mstenta[m]>Ah yes we don't do any hosting ourselves yet
[07:49:20]<mstenta[m]>In farmOS
[07:49:46]<mstenta[m]>farmOS relies on that being provided by others
[07:49:50]<skipper_is[m]>I've been using QGIS Server for that, I was trying tileserver-php, but couldn't get it to work
[07:50:15]<mstenta[m]>But yea: I'd love to make it easier to add base layers in the new lib
[07:50:33]<mstenta[m]>Mm ok I've never played around with hosting tiles myself
[07:50:52]<mstenta[m]>There are two open source servers I'm aware of
[07:51:43]<skipper_is[m]>I've used Geoserver before, but it was quite resource intensive
[07:52:01]<mstenta[m]>Geoserver and mapserver
[07:52:03]<mstenta[m]>Ah ok
[07:52:18]<skipper_is[m]>Yea, mapserver is a bit lighter on the load, but more complex to get your head around
[07:52:28]<mstenta[m]>http://geoserver.org/
[07:52:46]<mstenta[m]>https://www.mapserver.org/
[07:53:05]<skipper_is[m]>qgis server is based on mapserver, but it takes qgis project files as the .map files, so it is really easy to set up
[07:53:16]<mstenta[m]>Oh ok
[07:53:33]<skipper_is[m]>I've added a request for WMS layers as well
[07:53:38]<mstenta[m]>Great!
[07:53:59]<skipper_is[m]>..Need to teach myself javascript now, and try and see if I can implement any of that!
[07:54:14]<mstenta[m]>I'll comment on it later this morning... Getting the kids together for the day here now :-)
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