Poicondai is getting some more love

So, after I just got to the base of how to get Introduce to do things (with many, many thanks to Felicia) despite a whole lot of demos going on... I am now given charge to give the Poicondai-web app some more nift (as it can stand to be more nifty).

Thus, I have written down the next steps of RODS-GDBC in the RODS-GDBC wiki-entry. And now I shall go into the next set of requriements for Poicondai-web.

1. Use the basic test of NPDS-Web to make sure the condition list operates properly
2. If so, code a drop down of the possible choices, and discover which choices return higher results and indicate them in some way (star, different color)
3. Get a spatial series and use a pinpointed google map.
4. Make that a shaded polygonal google map
5. Make histograms when you click on the zip
6. Work out one histogram for multiple zips.

Numbers 4, 5 and 6 get more optional as time becomes an issue. Also, someone with better web design skills than me is going to be looking at using some pretty RSS and making things a bit shinier and appealing than my usual non-centered engineer-interface JSP.

I am actually sort of excited, sprucing up a demo means that people liked what we did and are anxious to see it do more. I'll try my best to not keep them waiting.

Setting up RODS-GDBC

I took a hint from RODSAdai and decided to spec out the application I am planning to build for all to view before I get too deep into building the thing. The idea is that if I have questions, I can point them to this "what I am trying to do" document with a breif skeleton of the application.

This way, when people ask "what are you trying to do" I can get them to look here.

I have also installed introduce... and I am now going through the tutorial project, tomorrow I am planning on getting a simple skeleton drafted and contacting Dr. Jeremy Espino about interface changes and the link. I am also not sure how easily introduce projects can be incorporated into Maven and I'm pretty sure the same nasty axis problem will arise since the globus axis will probably need to be used with the client.