Met with SR and MS on issues to resolve in creating work plan for version 2 of Mountain Legacy Project software.
Confirm phase 1 will be
- any modifications to db structure necessary to support known feature requests (whether those features are implemented in phase 1 or later)
- static build process to create JSON indexes etc. to support searching and other features in existing product
- provide comparable features to existing Explorer and MEAT
- may include copying of media files from uvic and third party servers to computeCanada filespace (7 TB to expand to 15)
MS identified these issues:
- use hierarchical navigation scheme in MEAT to replace current filtering feature in Explorer
- allow user to select area (rectangle) on map and retrieve all map points in that area (allow grouping of those by station, etc. hierarchy)
- provide list of prefab areas with details as above (e.g. national parks, watersheds)
Likely we will go with "thick client" javascript-based "single-page application". One infrastructure; Explorer is a subset of MEAT capabilities.
SR to
- contact Eric Higgs to meet to get large picture and to
- enquire about contacting Chris Gat for technical details on Ruby and DB,
- then to contact Mike on use of JavaScript and integration / reuse of stuff Mike has already done.