[mapserver-users] Help with URL-defined feature data

[Ed McNierney]

Folks -

OK - I'm missing something very obvious here, but I can't get URL-defined point features added to a feature layer dynamically.  Here's my very simple map file:

NAME Blue
STATUS ON
SYMBOLSET "/MapServer/MapServer/Symbols/symbols.sym"
UNITS DD
IMAGECOLOR 0 153 204

### Annotation Layer ###

LAYER
  NAME ANNOLAYER
  TYPE POINT
  STATUS DEFAULT
  CLASS
    NAME ANNOLAYER
    COLOR 0 0 0
    OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
    SYMBOL 'tent'
    SIZE 100
  END
END

END

And I would expect this URL:

http://cassini/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?mode=map&map=\MapServer\maps\blue.map&mapext=10+10+30+30&mapsize=400+400&map_annolayer_feature=new&map_annolayer_feature_points=20+20

to display a big black tent symbol in the middle of the image.  It does nothing.  If I insert the feature into the LAYER definition:

  FEATURE
    POINTS
      20 20
    END
  END

It works just fine.  What am I missing?

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
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