Hi! Thanks for the reply.<br><br>So I suppose when I make a WMS request with TIME Mapserver applies the filter behind the scenes, finding which feature in my tile_index.shp represents the correct time and then processes the raster pointed to by that feature? So if I want to implement the same kind of thing with mapscript I'd have to write the filter myself?
<br><br>The reason I am interested in doing this is to extend temporal functionality to ka-map. I may end up abandoning that approach and moving to a javascript WMS client (like OpenLayers of MapBuilder) instead. <br><br>
Thanks for your help.<br><br>Sam<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yewondwossen Assefa</b> <<a href="mailto:assefa@dmsolutions.ca">assefa@dmsolutions.ca</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi there,<br><br> The Time parameter that is sent with a WMS request is simply converted
<br>to a time expression and set on the filter object of the layer. In the<br>case of wms. the metadata wms_timeitem will be used for the attribute name.<br> if you are using mapscript, you would need to build the time<br>
expression manually and set the filter parameter. Please refer to<br><a href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wms_time_support">http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wms_time_support</a> (section 2.5)<br>to see how time parameters are interpreted.
<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br><br>Samuel Hiatt wrote:<br>> I am excited to see that Mapserver supports 4D raster layers for WMS,<br>> but I am curious if this functionality can be extended to mapscript<br>> calls as well? For example, if I set up a raster layer with a TIME
<br>> dimension then will it be possible for me to request an image for a<br>> specific time with mapscript? Or would I have to do this with a WMS call?<br>><br>> Thanks!<br>><br>> Sam<br><br><br>--<br>
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