Implement a new printing engine

[mbarto]

Description

The actual MapStore printing engine, is based on a custom version of mapfish-print 2.x (https://github.com/geosolutions-it/mapfish-print). The official mapfish-print library 2.x branch is not mantained anymore, so we are evaluating possible options to replace it with something different.

This epic will be used to investigate on the pros / cons of these options and will be used to decide if and how to replace the printing engine with something else.

Acceptance criteria

• [ ] Gather a list of possible replacement options for geosolutions mapfish-print 2.x

  • [ ] mapfish-print 3.x
  • [ ] QGIS server (GetPrint)
  • [ ] HTML/CSS/JS templating system + PDF/img exporter

• [ ] For each option produce a set of measures, that will be used to choose one (or none) to implement:

  • pros
  • cons
  • estimated effort

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