[Mapbender-users] load WMC problems

[Christoph Ratke]

Hi Christoph,
thanks for your answer, that is good to know. I should have better read
the WMC spec before.

Maybe you could add a short note in the wiki that the WMC spec is
limiting the Mapbender capabilities.

regards,
Christoph

Am Freitag, den 13.07.2007, 16:38 +0200 schrieb Christoph Baudson
(WhereGroup):
> Christoph Ratke schrieb:
> > Hi list,
> > I tested the load WMC module (version 2.4.2 Rc1). Two things are not
> > working correctly:
> > 
> > 1. After load, ZoomFull is not working correctly. The complete map
> > boundaries are overwritten by the WMC extend. 
> 
> True. The problem is, that there is only one field in a WMC for storing 
> the extent. This is the current extent of the mapframe.
> 
> A possible solution would be storing the initial extent in an extension.
> 
> like this
> 
> <layer ...>
> 
> <extensions>
> <mapbender:layer_extent>
> ...
> </mapbender:layer_extent>
> </extensions>
> </layer>
> 
> > 2. When I have grouped layers in the TreeGDE2 (ok, did not test it with
> > another tree module), the sublayers are listed in the layer tree after
> > the load (was not the case before saving the WMC). I found something
> > similar in the trac (#2) but I am not sure if it is the same problem.
> > It is not fixed yet, is it?
> 
> The WMC can only stores layers without hierachy. It is therefore 
> impossible to map the Mapbender layer hierachy into the WMC. Possible 
> solution again: extensions.
> 
> However I'm not sure about using lots of extensions, as it is somehow 
> contrary to the idea of using a standard.
> 
> Have a nice weekend,
> 
> --
> Baudson Christoph
> http://www.wheregroup.com
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