[OpenLayers-Users] Draw line vector, with points..

[David Fawcett]

I am sure that in the context of WFS-T it is more complicated, but
would it work if you used a linestring layer and modified your PostGIS
SQL to wrap your points in something like a ST_MakeLine() function?

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:39 AM, JuKiM <rifins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I don't know if maybe this question is out of interest in this list, or if
> it is an obvious thing that I can't see..
> But, I would like to know if it is possible to draw a line making a WFS
> request, to a data source in which the geometry is POINT.
> If the geometry of the datasource is POINT it draws points, and if the
> geometry is LINESTRING then it draws a line...  But, how to draw a line when
> the source is a couple of POINT?
> I'm creating the vector layer like this:
> wfs = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("WFST-Vector", {
>         strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX(), oSaveStrategy],
>         protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS({
>             version: "1.0.0",
>             url: "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/wfs",
>             featureType: "pointsDS",
>             srsName: "EPSG:23031",
>             featureNS: "http://www.mapmap.org/g4wd",
>             geometryName: "the_geom",
>             schema:
> "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=DescribeFeatureType&TypeName=G4WD:pointsDS"
>         })
>     });
> And the G4WD:pointsDS' datasource is a postgis table, where the geometry
> field is POINT.
> Thanks..
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