[mapserver-users] What is needed to display map coordinates ?

Ed McNierney ed at topozone.com
Fri Jun 14 12:34:49 EDT 2002


Scott -
 
You don't need an applet to do this; although it's not (currently) a MapServer site, you can just take a look at TopoZone (www.topozone.com).  It just uses JavaScript to put coordinates in the status bar when the mouse is moved over the image, and can display them as UTM, decimal degrees, or D/M/S.  The same approach works just fine if the map image is generated by another source, such as MapServer.
 
     - Ed
 
Ed McNierney
Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com
ed at topozone.com

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Scott Davidson [mailto:davidson at usgs.gov] 
	Sent: Fri 6/14/2002 10:15 AM 
	To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu 
	Cc: davidson 
	Subject: [mapserver-users] What is needed to display map coordinates ?
	
	


	Hello,
	
	I have built the mapserver program on Solaris 2.6
	configuring it with ./configure -with-proj
	to include thr proj.4 libraries.
	
	The built went fine. We are trying to get the coordinates (UTM etc.)
	to be displayed in the status bar when the mouse moves
	over the maps.
	
	We have put in the map_applets to try to get this to work.
	
	Does mapserv need to be built with more than the proj.4
	libraries to have this functionality ?
	
	Thanks in Advance,
	
	Scott
	
	
	




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