[Geomoose-users] Layer functions

[Dan Little]

Some thoughts:
 - The "zoom tos" are really not all that hard to add and could be done with layer-controls.  Layer-controls are designed to provide extra "icons" next to each layer and have some type of useful functionality.
 - Export to Shapefile only works for specific datasets and security/customization is usually a concern with this type of functionality.
 - I tend to highly dislike right-click menus because they obscure functionality from users.
 - GeoExt is a bad idea:
   * Ext is another major dependencies.
   * The dual-license of Ext would require people putting GeoMOOSE in a production environment to pay the Ext license.


----- Original Message ----
> From: Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
> To: GeoMOOSE Users List <geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Mon, June 7, 2010 12:32:34 PM
> Subject: [Geomoose-users] Layer functions
> 
> I've been thinking about the Catalog tab, the list of layers, and layer 
> functions.

Some layer functions I'd like to see:
    (From 
> Quantum GIS:)
- Zoom to Layer Extent
- Zoom to best scale (for 
> raster)
- Open Attribute Table
- Save as Shapefile (and other 
> formats?)
- Properties: metadata, symbology, attributes


So some 
> questions:
- should we consider adding more icons to the layer entries to do 
> more things?
- should these icons be configurable (is that the intent of 
> <layer-controls>?)
- should we move (at least some of) the icons to a 
> right-click menu?

- should we adopt GeoExt to supply the Catalog 
> container/functions?

Thanks!
Brent 
> Fraser


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