[Mapserver-users] question on linking

[Steve Lime]

Easiest way to do this would be using URL templates. Assuming you have
the county code as an attribute you'd setup the template for the county
layer like this:

TEMPLATE "http://www.yourserver.com/county_[CNTYCODE].php"

MapServer will do the substitution of the county code in the above URL
and then redirect the user to that URL. Works slick...

Steve

Stephen Lime
Data & Applications Manager

Minnesota DNR
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-297-2937

>>> "Dan Arnold" <Dan.Arnold at noaa.gov> 03/19/03 01:02PM >>>
Hello all-
 
Very new to MapServer (like 3 days) and have been searching the doc's,
faq's and have had no luck finding what I'm looking for. 
 
I'm trying to create a map of a state that displays county outlines on
the map and for each county I'd like to be able to link to a different
page.
 
I don't want to pan, or zoom in/out.. just a simple link to another
page. For example if you click on "county_01" on my map it would send
you to "county_01.php" if you clicked on "county_02" you'd go to
"county_02.php" etc...
 
I can create the map with the county lines, but I don't know how to
"link" them to a separate page.
 
Can this be done? And if it can, anyone have any sample code I could
look at?
 
Any help would be appreciated!

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Dan Arnold
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National Weather Service
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dan.arnold at noaa.gov 
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