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1 \section{Overview of the GNV-System}
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3 The GNV systems consists of the mainly 4 components, serving the
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4 following tasks:
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6 % TODO: Add architecture of the system in english
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8 \begin{enumerate}
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9 \item Artefact-Server
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10 The Artefact-Server is a middleware component, managing the core tasks:
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11 \begin{itemize}
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12 \item Access to the database backend
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13 \item Providing a RESTful-Interface with a XML-based protocol to serve
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14 \item the expert information systems (FIS) with their products
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15 \item (diagrams like timeseries, verticalprofile, map layers) to make
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16 \item them accessable for the GNV-WebClient
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17 \item Processing of data for interpolation, classification and vectorisation
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18 \item Configuration capabilities for FIS and products
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19 \item Caching database result sets
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20 \item Managing the WMS-Server for creating maps dynamically
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21 \end{itemize}
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23 \item Database Backend
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24 Database schemata like ESRI ArcMarineBSH, ArcS57 and CONTIS can be
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25 served out of a ESRI ArcSDE 9.3.1 database.
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27 \item WMS-Server
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28 The WMS-Server provides maps via the standardized interface of the OGC
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29 Web Map Service. The configuration is managed through the
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30 artefact-server depending on the parameterization done be the user in
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31 the GNV-WebClient
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33 \item GNV-WebClient
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34 The GNV-WebClient is a thin webbased client providing a HTML-based user
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35 interface for the user to parameterize the FIS and products via the
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36 XML-based protocol provided by the artefact-server through its
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37 RESTful-interface. Within the client the user can manage these tasks:
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38 \begin{itemize}
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39 \item Select FIS, producs and their parameterisation
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40 \item Visualize different diagrams like timeseries, vertical- and
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41 horizontalprofiles, vertical and horizontal cross-sections and map
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42 layers
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43 \item Calculate and visualize (histograms) statistics
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44 \item Export diagrams for printing in PNG, SVG, vectorized PDFs
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45 \item Export data as in raw formats like CSV, Ocean Data View (ODV) and
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46 ESRI Shapefiles
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47 \end{itemize}
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49 The GNV-WebClient can be integrated with different MapViewers. The
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50 GNV-WebClients supports a XML-based interface to the MapViewers
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51 describung geometrical data and information about
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52 used layers in order to adapt the selection of FIS and areas of interest
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53 for the parameterization.
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54 \end{enumerate}
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56 The systems has been designed as a distributed system. This manual
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57 descibes the installation of a centralized system on one server for the
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58 middleware and an existing database server.
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60 \section{Deliverables}
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61 \begin{enumerate}
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62 \item \verb+ artefact-server-$VERSION.tar.bz2+ -- Artefact-Server of the
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63 GNV-System as package for installation
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64 \item \verb+ gnv-$VERSION.war+ -- Web Application Archive for
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65 deploying in Apache Tomcat
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66 \item \verb| cgi-mapserver-gp_5.6.3-1~gp+1_i386| -- UMN MapServer
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67 5.6.3 (in Debian Lenny, UMN MapServer 5.0.3)
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68 \item \verb+ installation-admin-manual.pdf+ -- this document
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69 \item \verb+ configuration-manual.pdf+ -- Explaining the configuration
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70 possibilities for the GNV-System in order to adapt FIS and products
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71 (diagrams and maps) according to the database schema
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72 \end{enumerate}
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