phpmapscript questions

[Jeff McKenna]

So "Jeff are you the phpmapscript guy?" was a question to the entire 
list?  And that entire thread was to the entire list?

Come on.

jeff




Doug Williams wrote:
> Hi jeff,
> 
> Sorry jeff.  I thought I was using the list!  Your message confirms my worst fear.  That Steve Lime's 
> open source mapserver is being proprietized.  Sort of reminds me of Bell Labs claim to unix after 
> thousands of people gave freely to develop it.  I was wondering why it has become so hard to get 
> decent answers to simple questions about mapserver, and why the docs are sssooooo thin.  And why 
> else would you say 'no' with a grin?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:07:01 -0400, Jeff McKenna wrote
>> Since you seem to want direct support for MapServer, you should know 
>> that our company offers exactly that
>>
>> (http://www.dmsolutions.ca/premiere/index.html).  At least now you 
>> know how we stay in business :)
>>
>> Otherwise please use the email lists.
>>
>> --
>> jeff
>>
>> Doug Williams wrote:
>>> No worries.  I have just been trying to grab attribute values for shapes 
>>> when getting the imagemap coordinates using the imagemap outputformat 
>>> driver.  I get the coordinates alright, but have failed to figure out 
>>> the method for getting the attributes.  I am guessing grabbing the 
>>> attributes is tied together with grabbing the shape coords because, 
>>> well, I don't know why the coords are interesting without the attributes.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I have not been able to spend enough time yet with 
>>> Mapserver to call myself  a power user, so I seek the help of those that 
>>> are.  I'd be happy to document my findings so as to assist others that 
>>> are interested in utilizing imagemaps with phpmapscript.
>>>
>>> The imagemap works great, I really like it.  But grabbing the attributes 
>>> has me stumped.  There must be someone that knows how to properly set up 
>>> the map file to generate the attribute data when the coords are being 
>>> mapped.
>>>
>>> Any direction on examples or someone that might know would be greatly 
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 3, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>
>>>> Actually i do a lot of documentation for mapserver, but i am not a 
>>>> developer.  sorry.  so the answer is no :)  In fact i am a "power 
>>>> user", that is all.  i maintain ms4w, but a mapscript guy i am not.
>>>>
>>>> sorry.
>>>>
>>>> jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Doug Williams wrote:
>>>>> Jeff,
>>>>> are you the phpmapscript guy?
>>>