[OpenLayers-Users] Modifying WFS Polygons

[Jon Britton]

Ok, thanks.

Is there support for deleting features via WFS? If I can create a controls
for adding and deleting points it would be a good start (just to allow users
to flag certain areas).

Cheers,
Jon



Christopher Schmidt-4 wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 04:11:59AM -0800, Jon Britton wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm trying to edit WFS features using OpenLayers. I've been using the
>> demo
>> at http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/modify-feature.html as a reference.
>> This demo allows the the editing of features stored in a vectors layer.
>> When
>> I try the same thing on a WFS layer the modify feature control does
>> nothing
>> (it just selects the feature).
>> 
>> Is it possible to edit WFS features in a similar way to a vector layer
>> then
>> use WFS-T to save the changes?
> 
> WFS features are no different than standard vector features in this
> sense. Ican't imagine a reason you wouldn't be able to do this.
> 
> Our WFS-T support is rather weak; don't plan on it working 'out of the
> box', but it should be possible to put something together in the way you
> envision with some work. (And of course, Patches welcome.)
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Christopher Schmidt
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