The Gimv Framework

The Gimv library contains a variety of user interface components to work with all kinds of rendered images e.g. charts or maps.

Features

contains interface components that support

dragging
bounding box zoom
mouse wheel zoom
keyboard commands
tool-tips
overview images
browser history support
calendar component for time series charts
image move (e.g. with arrows)

can be easily embedded into larger applications
aims to be flexible and customizable
uses proven design techniques like the MVP-Pattern and event based notification
has built in support for dynamic layouts

Rendering images either on the client or on the server side is currently outside the scope of Gimv.

Requirements

GWT 2.x versions are supported

Getting started

See the user guide.

Samples

Google Charts Integration Sample

This demo showcases a line chart rendered by the Google Chart API™. Gimv adds a number of user interface components e.g. for dragging or zooming the image.

Additionally the sample demonstrates three different ways to customize the library itself.

Open Street Map Integration Sample

This demo uses Open Street Map to render a map. Besides the interface components used in the previous sample there is an overview map at the lower right.

Projects using Gimv

PEGELONLINE is a portal for water level related data in Germany. It uses Gimv for visualizing time series data.
Thin SWE Client is a Sensor Observation Service (SOS) client, that uses Gimv for part of its functionality.