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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Probably don’t understand what exactly you are trying to achieve
here but it is not as simple as map.getLayer(0) to get the topmost layer? And
once you have the layer object use one of the query function to select the record?
E.g. myLayerObj.queryByPoint ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> mapserver-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapserver-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul james<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 19 May 2009 21:46<br>
<b>To:</b> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [mapserver-users] Get the nearest layer with mapscript...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Hello guys...<br>
I have several layers (lines, points, poly) ...<br>
I´m developing a <span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>measure tool... User can click on
map and I have to select that layer to calculate de Area with postgis...</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I´m
trying to do that WITHOUT using "LAYER ACTIVE SYSTEM"...</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Is That
possible using mapscript? How Can I find the nearest and toppest layer ?</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>Thanks!</span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Paul</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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