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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>*** sorry for any cross posting ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The Geoprocessing Community recently released the WPS 2.0-RC7. This version includes the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>major code quality improvements including several bugfixes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>new module for exposing Python script as processes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>improved transactional WPS module<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>new pluggable framework for adding strategies for fetching referenced data<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>additional strategy for WCS 1.1.1 references.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>In addition, the following modules were removed:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>geotools module (put into a branch since not yet ready for a release)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>install-wizard module (other install method choosen)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Changes and additions have been made to the Backends:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>GRASS backend</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>made it ready for Windows 7<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>added functionality to expose custom GRASS addons<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>ArcGIS backend</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>updated and streamlined ArcGIS support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>dropped deprecated legacy package<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>refactored ArcToolbox Execution <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type=square><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo4'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>improved LOGGING in AGSWorkspace class<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo4'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>improved Exception handling<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo4'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>upgraded to ArcObjects 10.0<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>added support for Native DCOM<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Download <b>binaries </b>(<a href="http://52north.org/downloads/geoprocessing/wps">http://52north.org/downloads/geoprocessing/wps</a>) :<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>the binary release (<a href="http://52north.org/downloads/geoprocessing/wps/52n-wps-webapp-20-rc7/summary">http://52north.org/downloads/geoprocessing/wps/52n-wps-webapp-20-rc7/summary</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>the windows installer (<a href="http://52north.org/downloads/geoprocessing/wps/52n-wps-webapp-20-rc7-setup/summary">http://52north.org/downloads/geoprocessing/wps/52n-wps-webapp-20-rc7-setup/summary</a>): Windows users can also use the installer. It already comes with an Apache Tomcat to run out-of-the-box.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Download <b>source code:</b> <a href="http://52north.org/communities/geoprocessing/wps/source_setup.html">http://52north.org/communities/geoprocessing/wps/source_setup.html</a> .<br>Try out the newest release online: <a href="http://geoprocessing.demo.52north.org:8080/wps/WebProcessingService?REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WPS&VERSION=1.0.0">http://geoprocessing.demo.52north.org:8080/wps/WebProcessingService?REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WPS&VERSION=1.0.0</a>.<br>More information: <a href="http://52north.org/communities/geoprocessing/wps/index.html">http://52north.org/communities/geoprocessing/wps/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Forum: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="http://geoprocessing.forum.52north.org/"><span lang=EN-US>http://geoprocessing.forum.52north.org/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Mailing List: <a href="http://www2.52north.org/mailman/listinfo/geoprocessingservices">http://www2.52north.org/mailman/listinfo/geoprocessingservices</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ann Hitchcock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ann Hitchcock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:a.hitchcock@52north.org">a.hitchcock@52north.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="http://52north.org">http://52north.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>General Managers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Local Court Muenster HRB 10849</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>