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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

On 02/03/2012 07:46 AM, Mohammed Rashad wrote:
> Hi All,
> Is there any web UI for CGAL?
> I am working on GIS area and building some UI for mapping stuff. Today I
> met a guy in campus and he told me about CGAL. I have heard it before
> but dont know much about it. So i thought to give it a try.
>
> I would like to know is there any web interface for CGAL??
Right now there is nothing like that, just ipe, scilab, java and python 
bindings (last two using SWIG).


> Will it be worth if there is one?. the answer to the above said question
> will direct to me to a new project which will be CGAL webUI. I am using
> C++ for web development using a C++ web Toolkit. and if CGAL is also in
> C++. I can link CGAL libraries with the web application and we will have
> a CGAL webUI as same as a Desktop UI.
>
> The main thing I need to know is how will be the performace because I
> recently created a webGRASS for GRASS GIS desktop which runs on web
> which pays off me very very poor performance.
>
> *so will these algorithms need more time to run if on web. Will these
> handle very large data that a web application cannot handle?*
Except for online demos of CGAL algorithms which would be very nice,
I don't really get the point of doing this (but I'm probably missing
something here). CGAL is usually meant to be used as components for a
higher level application.

For performance issues, it really depends on the algorithm you are
looking at. If you want to try something I would suggest to start with 
Delaunay_triangulation_2.

By curiosity can you give a link to a something you did available
online?

Sebastien.

> --
> Regards,
>     Rashad