[location-iwg] JUMP Lib and GeoScript: Opportunities to Collaborate?

[Landon Blake <sunburned.surveyor@xxxxxxxxx>]

I recently posted a message to the OpenJUMP and deegree Project
mailing lists about organizing an effort to extract core parts of
OpenJUMP (especially the simple feature model) into a stand alone
library called JUMP Lib. (My original message is here:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CALJ1OBUVo3AtKykAP6MqX%2BuO5d--pMDZdFq0cFPizJ2HZoJSCw%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=jump-pilot-devel
).

Jody Garnett was listening in. He mentioned the simple feature model
in OpenJUMP was fairly close to the one in GeoScript, and suggested
that GeoScript would benefit from a Java implementation of its API. I
know very little about LocationTech, but with Jody's encouragement I'm
trying to explore common ground and opportunities for collaboration.

I was ready to start work on JUMP Lib this weekend or early next week.
Before I go crazy, I thought it would be good to post here.

Is it possible to set-up a GeoScript Java implentation based on, or
wrapping the JUMP simple feature model? Is there room to combine
efforts?

Ultimately I can set-up JUMP Lib with no ties to GeoScript, but if we
can share a simple feature model, that would be much better.

Let me know what you guys think, and the best way to move forward if
we should work together.

Landon

PS - My message to Jody about the challenges to this approach,
including the use of wrappers, is here:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29929818