Workshop: Practical Introduction to ZOO: The Open WPS Platform

Author:Nicolas Bozon, Gérald Fenoy Last Updated:$Date: 2011-12-07 14:19:47 +0100 (Wed, 07 Dec 2011) $

FOSS4G 2010 Osaka / Tokyo / Beijing

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Workshop Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • What is ZOO ?
  • How does ZOO works ?
  • What are we going to do in this workshop?
  • Usefull tips for reading :
• Using ZOO from an OSGeoLive virtual machine
  • ZOO Kernel Installation
  • Testing the ZOO installation with GetCapabilities
  • Preparing your ZOO Services Provider directory
• Creating OGR based Web Services
  • Introduction
  • Preparing ZOO metadata file
  • Implementing single geometry services
    • Boundary
      • C Version
      • Python Version
      • Testing the Service using Execute Request
    • Creating Services for other functions (ConvexHull and Centroid)
      • C Version
      • Python Version
    • Create the Buffer Service
      • C Version
      • Python Version
      • The Buffer MetadataFile file
• Building a WPS client using OpenLayers
  • Creating a simple map showing the dataset as WMS
  • Fetching the data layer as WFS and adding selection controls
  • Calling the single geometry services from JavaScript
  • Calling the multiples geometries processes from JavaScript
• Exercise
  • C version
  • Python Version
  • Testing your services