[mapserver-users] polygon select

[Jan Hartmann]

Hi Rich,

Not sure if this is what you mean, but could GeoExt (http://geoext.org/) 
be something for you?

Greetings from a snowy Amsterdam,

Jan

On 17-12-2009 1:57, Richard Greenwood wrote:
> I need to create a tool that will allow the user to draw an arbitrary
> polygon, and the select objects intersecting that polygon. I'm using
> OpenLayers, MapServer and PostGIS. Right now I'm trying to figure out
> what protocol will support this operation. I don't think this can be
> done with "classic" MapServer, nor with WMS. Am I correct? So do I
> need to use WFS-T to get the polygon from the browser and pass it to
> PostGIS to do the query? Are there any other routes that I should be
> exploring?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
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