[mapserver-users] small maps of alaska and hawaii

[Julie Knoll]

Thats what I originally thought about doing, but I don't know how I would go
about converting it to the right coordinates when the user clicks on the
map. The site I'm working on is http://geofred.stlouisfed.org  There's so
many other things going on server side to calculate the data and what not
that maybe its just not worth the effort.

Julie

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com
> wrote:

> Julie Knoll wrote:
>
>> Hi, I am working on a site that displays thematic data for the United
>> States, and I would like to include small maps for Alaska and Hawaii in the
>> corners of the main map, rather than having to zoom so far out to see them.
>>  Does anyone have any suggestions about the best way of going about doing
>> this? Thanks.
>>
>
> This is really a composition problem where you need to compose a single
> image from multiple separate images. The answer really depends on what media
> you are using like html, pdf, etc.
>
> If you are trying to do this in a web application I would recommend an
> approach some like:
>
> Using PHP/Mapscript, generate you three images and then use PHP GD to
> compose the three images into a single image and then return that to the
> browser. You can use a similar approach if you are using PDF depending on
> the PDF lib you are using.
>
> -Steve W
>
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