Explanation

The Feature entry demo is configured to work with a default installation of Geoserver. Geoserver needs be installed on a server which supports Java Servlets. You (normally) can see it in action on the demo site
The features are requested from geoserver as GML and rendered using the Walter Zorn library. Due to scalability problems, this is going to be depricated in favour of vector based rendering. Currently one can see vectors being rendered on the client in the OpenLayers demo. Using vectors we can add more functionality to the feature editing; dragging of vertices, insert and remove of vertices, points, lines.

Installation instructions

  1. Download and install Java.
  2. Download and install Java Advanced Imaging (JAI).
  3. Download, install and start Tomcat, (or another a Java Servlet Container).
  4. Download and install Geoserver version 1.3.0-beta or later. Installation is as simple as copying the geoserver.war file into the tomcat/webapps/ directory.
  5. Copy the mapbuilder.war file into the tomcat/webapps/ directory.
  6. Access the WFS-T demo URL. This will probably be http://localhost:8080/mapbuilder/demo/wfs-t/.