Tutorials

Design

• Design The structure of Mapbuilder, a good starting place for understanding how Mapbuilder works.

Configuring Mapbuilder

• Modifying the Basic Examples How to modify the basic examples in the 1.5 release.
• Controlling Widget Output How to use configuration properties for widget output.
• Add WMS Tutorial Adding a new WMS layer to your map.
• WFS Tutorial Creating a Web Feature Service (WFS) client for feature entry.
• Changing Install Directory How to install Mapbuilder into another directory sturcture.
• Using template models Using template models for dynamic configuration.
• Using the WebServiceRequest tool How to use the WebServiceRequest tool for generating OGC web service requests.
• Using OGC Filter models How to use OGC filter expressions for generating requests.
• Compressing Mapbuilder How to use the rhino compressor (/lib/util/custom_rhino.jar)
• SLD Editor tutorial  How to use sld editor
• Using Google-layers How to add Google, Virtual Earth or Yahoo layers to a 1.5RC1+ application
• Upgrading from pre-1.5 How to upgrade configurations file when updating from pre-1.5 releases.

Extending Mapbuilder

• Add Widget Tutorial Create a new Mapbuilder widget.
• Add Button Tutorial Create a new Mapbuilder button (also known as a tool).
• Adding a new projection A bit of information from email about adding new projections.
• Add a new library How to add an external library.
• Add Translations Add new translations to Mapbuilder.
• Search Datasource Search a new datasource or capabilities document in the Catalog demo.

Development

• Debugging
• Acceptance Tests using Selenium
• Building a Web App from Scratch details the entire process of building a full map-enabled web page.

General Mapping Resources

• Open Web Mapping Course Notes from PennState University. Covers WMS, WFS, GML, SLD and building a Webmapping application using Geoserver and Mapbuilder.

System Administration

• Notes for hosting at OSGeo are covered at OSGeo Mapbuilder Hosting