[OpenLayers-Users] writing and saving text and then displaying
it as a wfs layer
Alauddin Khan
akhan at pakvistatech.com
Thu Jan 21 00:24:57 EST 2010
can i get an example of wfs layer i mean in which they hav used wfs layer
instead of wms can i associate geoserver sld to render features in wfs layer
all the example i searched on the net uses wms can it b done using wfs ??
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Alexandre Dube <adube at mapgears.com> wrote:
> Alauddin,
>
> I'm not sure. Did you take a look at these examples [1] [2]. I guess it
> could help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alexandre
>
> [1] http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/sld.html
> [2] http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/WMSPost.html
>
>
> Alauddin Khan wrote:
>
>> thank you so much for ur help alexander i am saving text successfully now
>> but when i try to display it again through a browser it is nt displayed .i
>> can view it through geoserver map preview but not through browser . i think
>> the problem is tht openlayers associate its own style with the layer and not
>> the default sld tht is associated with the feature type in geoserver (i-e
>> capitals.sld).how can i give my layer custom sld ( the sld tht was
>> associated with it in geoserver).??
>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Alauddin Khan <akhan at pakvistatech.com<mailto:
>> akhan at pakvistatech.com>> wrote:
>>
>> hi
>> i got some idea about what to do now . but problem is can i pass a
>> variable as an attirbute to wfs layer ?? i mean i want to pass as
>> an attribute variable (style_text.label) which contains text tht i
>> am getting. can it b done ??and how ?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Alexandre Dube
>> <adube at mapgears.com <mailto:adube at mapgears.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Alauddin,
>>
>> Please, reply to the list as many other might be able to help
>> you.
>>
>> Please, take a look at the following example [1]. In it, you
>> have a vector layer configured to a WFS-T server to allow
>> transactions. OpenLayers is responsible of generating the
>> transaction by AJAX on commit. Look at the code of the
>> example for more.
>>
>> If it can help, I also made a WFS-T little demo a year ago.
>> The OpenLayers version is outdated, but it might help too
>> [2]. It uses TinyOWS as the WFS-T server (instead of
>> GeoServer) though.
>>
>> Hope it helps,
>>
>> Alexandre
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/wfs-protocol-transactions.html
>> [2] http://dev4.mapgears.com/bdga/bdgaWFS-T.html
>>
>> Alauddin Khan wrote:
>>
>> sorry i am new to mapping and this openlayers geoserver
>> thing so i could not pick up wht u r saying what i really
>> want is to let user write nething i-e label comment joke
>> etc etc on the map displayed nd then save it, add it to
>> database and latter on same text as displayed as a wfs
>> layer . i mean map is displayed as wms layer then we hav 3
>> layers for point line and polygon giving user capability
>> to draw line polygon or point and save it now i want to
>> add another layer named as text layer which enables to
>> write on the map ne comments note or label etc which is u
>> kno then saved can i do this with open layers ? Mr imran
>> rajjad from geoserver list suggested me below four point
>> strategy which i could not follow up completly his
>> suggestion was
>>
>> 1-create a shape file with point geometry and upload it on
>> geoserver,make sure you keep a field in the attributes for
>> your label.
>> 2-write a function that takes X,Y of click and the text
>> you wish to display
>> 3-insert that point where you clicked on map along with
>> the text into the shape file 4-create an SLD for
>> this shape file in which you add text symbolizer and set
>> it to display the field containing you label.
>> but i got stuck at point 3 .dont know how to move things
>> forward. please help thanks
>>
>> Regards
>> Alauddin
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Alexandre Dube
>> <adube at mapgears.com <mailto:adube at mapgears.com>
>> <mailto:adube at mapgears.com <mailto:adube at mapgears.com>>>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Take a look at this example [1]. Labels are added to
>> features as
>> symbolizer properties, so you could set one of the
>> feature's
>> attribute as a value for your label by using ${name}
>> (see the same
>> example).
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Alexandre
>>
>> [1]
>>
>> http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/vector-features-with-text.html
>>
>>
>> Alauddin Khan wrote:
>>
>> hi ALL ,
>> hop u all fin and in good health. i want
>> to write
>> text on my map ( may b some information about a
>> place) and
>> then save it so that next time i use my map the text is
>> visible there . i know u can use wfs to add new
>> features but
>> how will i add text as a new wfs layer in geoserver
>>
>> thanks
>> Regards
>> Alauddin
>>
>>
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