[Mapserver-users] Site Demo / Critique

Thomas Bartlett tbartlett at dddd.com.au
Sat Mar 1 22:01:00 EST 2003


Dave,

The drag box can be turned on and off via the javascript command

OFF = document.mapplet.boxoff();
ON = document.mapplet.boxon();

Really like the site !

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lowther, David W" <dlowther at ou.edu>
To: "'Martin, Daniel '" <DMartin at erac.com>; "Lowther, David W"
<dlowther at ou.edu>; <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] Site Demo / Critique


> Dan,
>
> Thanks for the kinds words and the bugs. Do you get that error still? The
> line was commented out when I got to it, but someone here may have beaten
me
> to the punch.
>
> I haven't been able to figure out how to keep mapplet from allowing a box
at
> any time, but I also haven't spent any time on it as we are trying to get
> off the java app and into DHTML - phase next. We should be able to deal
with
> it there.
>
> Probably should reign that legend width in...
>
> As far as the label check goes, it comes as a result of a deep homage I
have
> paid to the HTML Legend supreme being(s). And, I am using the legend_order
> strictly to make sure that my labels directly follow my layers. That way
> when I come around to the label I have left the TD open. I also make sure
> that my label layers are named the same as my features like roads and
> roads_anno. Since I write the checkbox with the feature. I have also
> included metadata like NoLabels for the feature layers  that don't have
any
> labels. I did the same thing for the ID (NoID). One thing that sure would
> make HTML Legends easier is the inclusion of an [else] / [elseif] tag.
Maybe
> I should file a feature request.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin, Daniel
> To: 'Lowther, David W'; Mapserver-Users
(mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu)
> Sent: 2/28/03 5:39 PM
> Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] Site Demo / Critique
>
> Looks good.  I like the interface you've built, and I love the many,
> many options you offer.  I also like the label checkbox.  I'm not even
> quite sure how to do that (with pure-CGI) but I'd like to know.
>
> Problems:
> 1) IE 5.5 is reporting
> "'parent.legend.document.mapserv.map_gradysqlRoads_data' is null or not
> an object." in this line:
> parent.legend.document.mapserv.map_gradysqlRoads_data.value=top.document
> .Master.map_gradysqlRoads_data.value;
> 2) In a very large window the checkbox legend area expands with the
> window...probably in a way you don't intend.  It ends up putting the
> right set of checkboxes quite far to the right.
> 3) It wasn't quite obvious to me what the radio buttons were for.
> Eventually I figured out they control the query layer.
> 4) Query mode allows you to draw a box, but the query fails (perhaps it
> should be using nquery when a rectangle is drawn?).
>
> -Dan Martin
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lowther, David W [mailto:dlowther at ou.edu]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 3:33 PM
> To: Mapserver-Users (mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu)
> Subject: [Mapserver-users] Site Demo / Critique
>
>
>
> List,
>
> Thanks to all your help over the past few months we're in the final
> stages of testing our first large Mapserver effort.
>
> Please offer your comments / critique of the following site:
>
>  <http://129.15.172.20/okstatedemo.htm>
> http://129.15.172.20/okstatedemo.htm
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Lowther
> Software Engineer
> GEO Information Systems
> University of Oklahoma
> dlowther at ou.edu
> (405) 325-3131
>  <http://www.geo.ou.edu> http://www.geo.ou.edu
>
>
>
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