Supports OGC SLD (Styled Layer Desccriptor)

[jiafangtao]

Dear Jackie,

I'm not sure if OGC SLD is supported by Maestro (or even MapGuide), but it would be perfect if it does.
I know several open source GIS tools/servers support it, for example QGIS can save styles as SLD and GeoServer can consume SLD. Is there a way for me to implement the workflow like this: build styles in QGis, export as SLD files, import to Maestro or MapGuide?

Thank you very much.
Bruce

[jumpinjackie]

MapGuide does not support or consume SLD, so I do not see any value in SLD support unless SLD is easily transferable to MapGuide Layer Definitions.

So short answer is: unlikely.

I'd have to research if the SLD spec can preserve/define most aspects of the MapGuide Layer Definition to see if this is a worthwhile effort and right now I don't have spare time to do such research.

[jiafangtao]

Thank you very much for the prompt response, Jackie. I'm currently using MapGuide and Maestro in a webgis project. And I find that it's hard to style rasters (ESRI ArcInfo Grid Binary files in my case). Do you know any examples of styling grid files with MapGuide or is there any tutorials? I don't know if the styling function is available. Basically I need to use different colors for the pixels which have different values in a single band.

I was once a developer of FDO and I'm quite sad that MapGuide is not longer supported by the company. And if you need help, I can also contribute to the projects you are carrying on.

Best Regards,
Bruce

[jumpinjackie]

I'm afraid the raster stuff is one of the least familiar parts of MapGuide/FDO to me, so i have no idea if it is possible for you to do what you're after.

[jiafangtao]

Thank you, Jackie. And I know "my request" should be out of scope of this PR, may I have other ways (e.g. email, twitter) to contact you for further consulting work? Forgive me if that's not reasonable or even rude.

Wish you all the best.

[jumpinjackie]

Sure, you can contact me via email about any MapGuide/FDO questions and I'll try to answer to the best of my abilities. However, I am not available for consulting as I already have a full-time job and I only work on MapGuide/FDO on a volunteering basis.