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I am very new for GIS, I know java web development.

I want to develop a GIS web application in Struts, can you suggest me how to start?

My requirement are as -

  1. Any API/Tool should be open source.
  2. It should work on HTTPS.

Any help or tutorial will be appreciate.

Thanks in advance!

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Why don't you have a look at GeoServer and it's developer manual.

It is open source and Java based.

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thank you I am looking it. – Pravin Jun 17 '11 at 10:29
A silly question, we have lots of map provider like google, bing etc. they provide API to access and we can display the objects on map and can navigate then what's the role of a GIS tool? is it do the same thing for our custom map images? – Pravin Jun 17 '11 at 10:32
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Complete review of Open Source web mapping frameworks

http://geotux.tuxfamily.org/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=comparaci%F3n-de-clientes-web-para-sig-v.5.html&Itemid=59&lang=en

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thanks for your quick reply, i will check these. – Pravin Jun 17 '11 at 10:26
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Depending on what you mean by "GIS web application" you might look at GeoTools to provide your GIS functionality. It's open source and Java based. But as ujjwalesri said GeoServer is probably more what you are looking for.

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You will likely need some kind of component to display your maps. Most popular option is the OpenLayers javascript library. There is also a full Java solution (using GWT) with Geomajas. It would be easier to go GWT all the way for your application, but integration with struts is also possible.

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We had exactly the same problem here. In the end we used the VAADIN framework for all the webapp frontend. There is a special extension for VAADIN called vol (vOpenLayers) which makes embedding maps very easy and a smooth job.

We tried many different approaches and for us vaadin with vol is one of the best and fastest developable packages.

In the backend we use a Mapnik/TileCache server for Tile handling and caching, AND we use python to interact between Java and Mapnik (printing, generating PDF etc.)

I'm pretty sure, that it is the kind of framework you are looking for, you can handle all the Java dev. as you used to and you need just the vol library to enable the mapabilty.

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I am using Vaadin with Vopenlayers (it is a port of Openlayers api by using GWT JSNI) and happy with it so far. By the way just curiosity, are you contributing to the vol project ? However in the question preference is marked as Struts so I would say it is best to take a look at Openlayers and Geoserver for a kick start. I would recommend using Geotools only if there is a solid motivation/requirement and would prefer to delegate GIS functions as much as possible to Geoserver (since it is already using Geotools). Geotools is a bit too messy and big for simple stuff... – oalan Aug 21 '12 at 13:16
as soon as our project is done and we have a stable version running, I'll try to find time to contribute on the vol-project, as it is very important for us! – Martin Aug 22 '12 at 10:04
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