Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of WKB4J - savannah.nongnu.org

[Rudy Gevaert]

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.


On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 07:12:20AM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
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> 
> David Garnier <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: WKB4J
> System name: wkb4j
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> WKB4J is a small Java toolkit designed to parse the Well-Known Binary (WKB) 
> format and convert the data into Java objects. The WKB format was defined by 
> the OpenGIS Consortium  (OGC) in order to standardize the process of 
> exchanging data between Geographical information Systems and clients. PostGIS 
> is a Free Software GIS trying to implement the OGC standard.  
> 
> WKB4J grew from the slowness of transforming records from PostGIS into Java 
> objects. The main cause of the problem lied in the fact that the PostGIS JDBC 
> drivers where using the Well-Known Textual format instead of the WKB: this 
> introduced a huge overhead. WKB4J was designed to overcome this problem and 
> provide a generic yet efficient solution.
> 
> WKB4J is lean and mean, meaning that speed and reduced memory footprint were 
> the primary design goals. It is also very portable and can work with many 
> different Java geographical toolkit portability in mind. Using WKB4J is now 
> 3x to 10x faster than using the native JDBC drivers.
> 
> Thoses concerns are highlighted in the design of the library. Right now, 
> WKB4J supports the following Java toolkits: 
> OpenMap (http://bbn.openmap.com) 
> JTS (http://vividsolutions.com/JTS/jts_frame.htm)
> PostGIS (http://postgis.refractions.net/)
> 
> Right now, WKB4J can fetch data from PostGIS only, but building compatibility 
> with other GISs is planned.
> 
> It already exists and you can download the latest distribution at 
> http://wkb4j.etudier-online.com.
> 
> Other Software Required:
> A Java VM. WKB4J is compatible with Blackdown.

Your project requires proprietary software and cannot be
hosted on Savannah for this reason.

Savannah is willing to provide resources and time to
developers writing Free Software that can be used
without the need to ask for permission to a proprietary
software vendor.

If, someday, you get free of those dependencies (see
http://www.gnu.org/software/java for more informations),
do not hesitate to resubmit your project.

        Thanks for your understanding,
        Regards,

Rudy

> Log4J
> OpenMap
> PostGIS
> JTS
> PostgreSQL\'s JDBC driver
> Junit
> Junitperf (BSD)
> 
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