[fusion-users] MapServer + Fusion

Fri Jul 11 15:44:51 EDT 2008

Paul,

Thank you a ton for the info.

- Tim

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Timothy J Nolte - tnolte at ilpcs.com
Network Planning Engineer

iPCS Wireless, Inc.
4717 Broadmoor Ave, Suite G
Kentwood, MI 49512

Office: 616-656-5163
PCS:    616-706-2438
Fax:    616-554-6484
Web: www.ipcswirelessinc.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Spencer [mailto:pspencer at dmsolutions.ca] 
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 2:04 PM
> To: Nolte, Tim
> Cc: Jason Fournier; fusion-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [fusion-users] MapServer + Fusion
> 
> Tim,
> 
> there is a little bit of layer metadata that you can use to control  
> how things appear in the legend.
> 
> "displayInLegend" "true|false"
> 
> By default, all layers are shown in the legend.  If set to false, it  
> will hide the layer in the legend
> 
> "expandInLegend" "true|false"
> 
> By default, all classified layers will show a sub-branch in 
> the legend  
> with all the classes.  If set to false then the sub-branch is  
> initially collapsed
> 
> "legendLabel" "string value"
> 
> By default, the layer's NAME value is used in the legend.  If this  
> metadata is set, then the value will be used in the legend instead.
> 
> "selectable" "true|false"
> 
> By default, layers are not 'selectable' using the select widget.  If  
> this is set to 'true' then the layer will be considered 'selectable'  
> so the select widget will be enabled when this layer is selected in  
> the legend.
> 
> The legend will create folders for each group and put the 
> appropriate  
> layers in those groups.  The groups respond to the following 
> metadata  
> in the first LAYER object in the group (first layer to use the group  
> name)
> 
> "groupLegendLabel" "string value"
> 
> By default, the group name is used as the legend label.  If this  
> metadata is set then the value will be used instead of the group name.
> 
> "groupDisplayInLegend" "true|false"
> 
> By default, all groups are displayed in the legend.  Setting this to  
> false will hide the group in the legend (and all layers that 
> are part  
> of that group too).
> 
> "groupExpandInLegend" "true|false"
> 
> By default, groups initially start expanded to show the 
> layers in that  
> group.  Setting this to false will start the group off 'collapsed'.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Paul
> 
> On 11-Jul-08, at 12:37 PM, Nolte, Tim wrote:
> 
> > One issue that I have, and I found out why, is that my 
> separate layers
> > end up getting stuck together. (those that are in the same group).  
> > What
> > I found out was that those layers that I have named like "Johnson  
> > City"
> > aren't accessed correctly and able to be independently turned off.
> > However, if I name the layer "JohnsonCity" with no spaces 
> in the name
> > then it works fine. The things about this is that what gets  
> > displayed in
> > the Legend is that name and I don't want crapping looking layer  
> > titles.
> > Also, something that I haven't figured out is how to completely hide
> > certain layers from the legend that I use for dynamic purposes, that
> > shouldn't be showing by default. Another problem I seem to have is  
> > that
> > my legend icons don't all seem to be showing up correctly. Now this
> > could be an issue with the version of UMN MapServer that 
> I'm using. I
> > did have to do some custom things to get these working in my other
> > mapping framework.
> >
> > - Tim
> >
> > ----
> > Timothy J Nolte - tnolte at ilpcs.com
> > Network Planning Engineer
> >
> > iPCS Wireless, Inc.
> > 4717 Broadmoor Ave, Suite G
> > Kentwood, MI 49512
> >
> > Office: 616-656-5163
> > PCS:    616-706-2438
> > Fax:    616-554-6484
> > Web: www.ipcswirelessinc.com
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: fusion-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> >> [mailto:fusion-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of
> >> Jason Fournier
> >> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 10:08 AM
> >> To: fusion-users at lists.osgeo.org
> >> Subject: RE: [fusion-users] MapServer + Fusion
> >>
> >> Hi Tim,
> >>
> >>> From my understanding you should not have to do too much
> >> tweaking of your
> >> MapFile to get it to work properly with Fusion.  Certain 
> widgets will
> >> require certain aspects of the MapFile to be present but you
> >> should be able
> >> to get a usable map without having to populate the MapFile
> >> with extraneous
> >> information.  What specifically are some of the issues you
> >> are witnessing?
> >>
> >> Jason
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: fusion-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> >> [mailto:fusion-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
> Nolte, Tim
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:29 PM
> >> To: fusion-users at lists.osgeo.org
> >> Subject: [fusion-users] MapServer + Fusion
> >>
> >> So was able to get something working by using files found under
> >> fusion->templates->mapserver->standard for me use as samples.
> >> I was able
> >> to get the gmap demo data working and even my own current 
> Production
> >> MapServer .map file. There are a lot of strange issues that
> >> make it seem
> >> as though I'm going to need to make a new .map file that 
> is tuned for
> >> Fusion. I'm going to have to do some reading. Off hand, does
> >> anyone have
> >> any pointers? I'm thinking that I'm going to have to add a
> >> bunch of meta
> >> data for this to work correctly. Is Fusion using my MapServer
> >> install/mapfile as a WMS or WFS source?
> >>
> >> - Tim
> >>
> >> ----
> >> Timothy J Nolte - tnolte at ilpcs.com
> >> Network Planning Engineer
> >>
> >> iPCS Wireless, Inc.
> >> 4717 Broadmoor Ave, Suite G
> >> Kentwood, MI 49512
> >>
> >> Office: 616-656-5163
> >> PCS:    616-706-2438
> >> Fax:    616-554-6484
> >> Web: www.ipcswirelessinc.com
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