started working on the project at NAVY

9.00-11.00am- Figuring out how to manually install geotools ropository

11.00-1.00- finally display a shape file in a window

1.00-300pm -learn some java

project log phase 1.1

Starting out Geotools
installing GIS in windows:
problem encountered with running the maven and JAVA;
solved==>













following quickstart in GEOtools web site==>

problem with my USB modem in UBUNTU so continued in windows.

succeed ==>Got the first program running in netbeans with default pom.xml file

problem==>errors encountered while downloading the missing dependencies. difficult to connect to the remote site.

NetBeans: Executing 'mvn.bat -Dnetbeans.execution=true clean install'
NetBeans: JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21
Scanning for projects...
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Building example
task-segment: [clean, install]
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[clean:clean]
Deleting directory C:\Documents and Settings\Chathura\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\example\target
[resources:resources]
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
skip non existing resourceDirectory C:\Documents and Settings\Chathura\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\example\src\main\resources
Downloading: http://download.java.net/maven/2/org/geotools/gt-main/${geotools.version}/gt-main-${geotools.version}.pom
Unable to find resource 'org.geotools:gt-main:pom:${geotools.version}' in repository maven2-repository.dev.java.net (http://download.java.net/maven/2)
Downloading: http://download.osgeo.org/webdav/geotools//org/geotools/gt-main/${geotools.version}/gt-main-${geotools.version}.pom
Unable to find resource 'org.geotools:gt-main:pom:${geotools.version}' in repository osgeo (http://download.osgeo.org/webdav/geotools/)
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/geotools/gt-main/${geotools.version}/gt-main-${geotools.version}.pom
Unable to find resource 'org.geotools:gt-main:pom:${geotools.version}' in repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
Downloading: http://download.java.net/maven/2/org/geotools/gt-main/${geotools.version}/gt-main-${geotools.version}.jar
Unable to find resource 'org.geotools:gt-main:jar:${geotools.version}' in repository maven2-repository.dev.java.net (http://download.java.net/maven/2)
Downloading: http://download.osgeo.org/webdav/geotools//org/geotools/gt-main/${geotools.version}/gt-main-${geotools.version}.jar
Unable to find resource 'org.geotools:gt-main:jar:${geotools.version}' in repository osgeo (http://download.osgeo.org/webdav/geotools/)
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/geotools/gt-main/${geotools.version}/gt-main-${geotools.version}.jar
Unable to find resource 'org.geotools:gt-main:jar:${geotools.version}' in repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
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[ERROR]BUILD ERROR
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Failed to resolve artifact.

Missing:
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1) org.geotools:gt-main:jar:${geotools.version}

Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

Then, install it using the command:
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.geotools -DartifactId=gt-main -Dversion=${geotools.version} -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there:
mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.geotools -DartifactId=gt-main -Dversion=${geotools.version} -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

Path to dependency:
1) org.geotools.demo:example:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
2) org.geotools:gt-main:jar:${geotools.version}

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1 required artifact is missing.

for artifact:
org.geotools.demo:example:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT

from the specified remote repositories:
central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2),
osgeo (http://download.osgeo.org/webdav/geotools/),
maven2-repository.dev.java.net (http://download.java.net/maven/2)



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For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
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Total time: 24 seconds
Finished at: Fri Sep 10 18:35:30 IST 2010
Final Memory: 8M/19M
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