Re: [las_users] The LAS reference map widget

[Phil Cogbill <Phil.Cogbill@xxxxxxxx>]

Awesome and thanks Roland!  I figured that's what I was seeing in
Firebug, but had never thought about it going away.  I made a shell
script out of the tcsh code you gave us if anyone wants to use this...

http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/las/las-map-fix.sh.txt

Thanks again!

Phil


Roland Schweitzer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In the more recent versions of LAS we use an OpenLayers-based
> JavaScript map widget for the user interface.  One of the advantages
> of this arrangement is that we no longer have to fuss with creating
> custom map background images for data that cover only small regions. 
> However, it does introduce problem when the server used by the map
> goes down.
>
> Recently the server we've been using labs.metacarta.com has been
> off-line.  You can repair the problem on your servers by carefully
> editing the compiled JavaScript files that appear in the
> WebContent/JavaScript/components directory.
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.VizGal/4833E548D179867FA9863AE1FDBE7B8D.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.VizGal/AF0CBC0802B7AD8B13EB9DF5AC7CB959.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.VizGal/C40F1FA7FD830CF820B7202BA777626C.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.VizGal/F40BB7B981B6D22684D2BF8F2833A1B1.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.VizGal/F4EE93A1DD82535F533E1927198DE6A6.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.VizGal/F4F02C4BF8F8200303C6C416F4747EEF.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.NativeMapWidget/7E6E9CAA66DAA766E6AC5A0FD6AFBD25.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.NativeMapWidget/9F95EE9BBA5E4F7CC202B1BAFAFD2C48.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.NativeMapWidget/B2F31CE4D4A5B04D4564896844E8AF59.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.NativeMapWidget/C13E8E3738EBB86E66DCDAB0BB959D53.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.NativeMapWidget/C437350007D6D499CD12D974B0AE40B1.cache.html
>
> ./gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.las.NativeMapWidget/DBA24FD083932A627A6ED92B620C7771.cache.html
>
>
> The hash keys of your files may be different from these.  Replace the 
> 'http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0' URL with
> 'http://vmap0.tiles.osgeo.org/wms/vmap0' in each of these files. These
> are huge files with only one "line" of text containing obfuscated
> JavaScript code.
>
> From the directory containing these files you can make the changes
> using this tcsh loop.
>
> foreach file ( *.html )
> foreach? mv $file $file.meta
> foreach? sed -e 's/labs\.metacarta\.com/vmap0\.tiles\.osgeo\.org/g'
> $file.meta > $file
> foreach? end
>
> Once you have made the edits, you need get these files deployed on
> your server either by doing an "ant deploy" and stopping and starting
> your server, or copying the files to the appropriate directory in
> $TOMCAT_HOME.  And if you use the automatic cron script to verify your
> server is running run $LAS_HOME/bin/initialize_check.sh again.
>
> Unfortunately, your users may have to clear their cache if they have
> visited your site recently to see map tiles again.
>
> We will be switching these servers and, of course, making the map tile
> server a configurable option in a future release.  We are very sorry
> for the inconvenience.
>
> Roland
>
>

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