[udig-devel] More questions about maps and projects

[Robbie Jameson]

Hi,

I'm still trying to find the best solution for the problem of adding
functionality alongside udig.

I've got an EMF model with its associated editor that contains a lot of
objects. Some parts of the model correspond to things that can be
represented on a map. I would like to use udig for displaying a map with
fixed, standard layers, and for displaying on top of these layers map
features deduced at run-time from the EMF model I am editing.

I haven't yet managed to really figure out how to have my EMF editor open
and sole owner of the model, with editing changes in it being dynamically
refreshed on a map alongside it that contains the standard layers plus the
layers deduced from the editor's contents.

Is part of the problem the udig notion of "projects" not fitting in very
well with the user doing File... Open... and opening an outside EMF file not
directly connected with a project? Or is there a good way of making all this
fit together? Is it possible to use udig with no projects whatsoever and
just a single map display or is this unadvisable?

Thanks for any opinions,

Robbie Jameson