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Geomajas 1.6.0 released!

pieterdg — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:23:11 +0200

http://www.geomajas.org/

Finally, after many months of hard work, we rejoice the arrival of a new stable Geomajas release. Ever since it was first decided to switch focus from javascript (Dojo) to Java (GWT), many obstacles had to be overcome. Now that we are here, it must be said that is was worth it.

Geomajas has been totally transformed into a Java-only, modular, enterprise framework, based upon Spring. The most important changes are:

Modular Architecture

The Geomajas framework is now fully modular with a clear definition of a public API and extension points. This improves the overall system design and increases clarity and consistency. A lot of attention was given to assuring separation of concerns and break-up in clear responsibilities.

The modular architecture also benefits extensibility because it allows for easy creation of additional modules and plug-ins.The public API describes both the supported/stable API as well as an experimental API. The latter allows the Geomajas community to peak ahead and give early feedback on future API extensions.

GWT face: Google Web Toolkit for the Client Side

In addition to the dojo face, a GWT face has been added. This allows engineers to develop, test and debug applications in a single programming environment (Java).

It also helps in establishing cross-browser compatibility, as GWT solves many of the differences in browser behaviour.Users have access to a very extensive GWT showcase, samples and documentation.

Advanced Security

The new Geomajas security allows users to configure and apply access and restrictions on a fine grained level. Geomajas now supports both functional constraints (commands, tools) as well as data constraints (layers, geographical extent, features, attributes). Authentication and authorization can be administered through multiple external services.

System Configuration using Spring

Leveraging an industry standard technology, the Spring Framework, the overall flexibility and extensibility is substantially improved. Users can configure many aspects of the system, including client and server side features, transaction management and security.

Services for Rendering and Feature Handling

Geomajas now features state-of-the-art process configuration and extensibility thanks to the introduction of configurable pipelines and services for rendering and feature handling. This also enables the introduction of caching, additional rendering steps, spatial manipulation and analysis, etc.

Technical Documentation

As part of a well defined API, extensive javadoc and a user guide (120+ pages) are provided. The latter covers amongst others the architecture, configuration guidelines, information on faces and explains how to extend Geomajas.

geomajas 1.3.1

pieterdg — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:46:37 +0100

It has been a while, but work is still being continued on the geomajas project. Just recently version 1.3.1 came out, which is a bugfix release of the 1.3.0 "new feature" release.

When geGIS (generic GIS) was first released, it was built on top of what was then called "majas 0.95". Along the way, "majas" has been renamed to "geomajas", and new versions have been released.

Now that geomajas is moving along, it is also time to think of upgrading the current geGIS, to the newest geomajas release. This is currently being worked out on paper, and once we have more concrete information, we will propose it here.

MAJAS 1.2.0 stable and more functionality!

Rudy Frigne — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:34:38 +0100

MAJAS 1.2.0 is an important milestone for the geGIS project.

This release supports a complete pallet of geographical objects with among others complex polygons. Furthermore functionalities such as snapping are available.

In this way, creating geographical objects on the basis of standard thin client browser technology becomes more and more reality.

From the geGIS community we will examine how we can incorporate the advantages of this new release in our geGIS environment.

In the meantime it is possible for everyone to acquire already some experience with the possibilities of this new version by means of the online samples on the majas Internet site: http://majas.dfc.be/ and then click on on-line samples.

Your organization in the picture at www.gegis.org

Rudy Frigne — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:23:22 +0100

On the latest "round table" of geGIS the idea arised to allow organizations to place their projects on the basis of geGIS on the internet site.

We will foresee the necessary space for these items. Also one was thinking of a liberal sponsoring when the reference project has a hyperlink to another page, possibly in combination with a personal logo. All practical information about these things can be obtained from our webmaster.

MAJAS 1.1.0 release

Frank Schram — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:24:38 +0100

MAJAS 1.1.0 is released.

There is a big step between the majas 1.0 release and this one.
Besides new features like creating polygons with holes and the ability to split parcels, the main thing changes is the re-engineering of the MAP widget and the addition of the VML support for the Internet Explorer.
Also the name space is changed from www.cadrie.com (a work name) into majas.dfc.be (the final product name).
There is still some work in progress on testing and bug fixing but the goal is to produce a stable release (1.2.0) beginning next year.