MAJAS is a framework that enables quick development of Rich Internet Applications (RIA) that offer advanced web mapping and GIS (Geographic Informations System) functionality. You can use MAJAS out-of-the box to publish geographic data on the web, without scripting or programming. This manual explains how to do that.
We assume that a MAJAS server has been successfully installed. Configuring MAJAS requires the following steps:
User management
We start out by defining new users in tomcat, assigning them their rights, and also show you how to configure personal settings.
GeoServer configuration
Before applications can be created, it is necessary to first configure the underlying geoserver. This means configuring DataStores and FeatureTypes.
Your (geographic) data resides in data stores. The Data store is an abstraction for (spatially-enabled) relational databases, shape files, WFS/WMS services, SOAP webservices. In this step you provide all the necessary information so that MAJAS can locate and access the data store.
Data stores contain one or more feature types. A feature type corresponds to a layer in the map. In this step you identify the feature types within the data store so that they can be used within MAJAS applications
Configuring MAJAS Applications
Finally, you can start configuring applications. Each application has its own user interface, functionality, users (permissions), and map layers.
The next chapters will explain each of these configuration steps in detail.