[Geomoose-users] Feature requests and a Tip
Brent Fraser
bfraser at geoanalytic.com
Tue May 5 16:23:38 EDT 2009
Darn! Now I've HAVE to download the Beta and give it a go...
Many Thanks,
Brent
Dan Little wrote:
> Hey Brent thank you for the feature requests and the tip...
>
> Here's something you might want to look into for 4/5...
>
> You can actually do "dependent" layers in side of GM2 right now AND use mapserver "layer" levels ... for example...
>
> <map-source name="labels">
> <file>all/labels.map</file>
>
> <layer name="county"/>
>
> <layer name="city"/>
>
> <layer name="street"/>
> </map-source>
>
> <map-source name="shapes">
> <file>all/shapes.map</file>
>
> <layer name="county"/>
>
> <layer name="city"/>
>
> <layer name="street"/>
> </map-source>
>
>
> Then in the <catalog>, to implement "requires..."
>
> <layer title="Cities" src="labels/city:shapes/city" status="on"/>
>
> <layer title="County" src="labels/county:shapes/county" status="on"/>
>
>
> Or to implement mapfile level layering...
> <group title="Labels">
> <layer title="City" src="labels/city"/>
>
> <layer title="County" src="labels/county"/>
>
> </group>
>
> <group title="Streets">
> <layer title="Labels" src="labels/street"/>
> <layer title="Lines" src="shapes/street"/>
>
> </group>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
>> To: GeoMOOSE Users List <geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:35:07 PM
>> Subject: [Geomoose-users] Feature requests and a Tip
>>
>>
>> A few feature requests for Geomoose 2:
>>
>> 1. Make the side panel collapsible like v1.6.1
>> 2. On clicking the Search button, set the keyboard focus to the text box.
>> 3. Have check box at the Group level to turn off/on entire sets of layers.
>> 4. Have dependent layers (like Mapserver's LAYER -> REQUIRES) so if I turn a
>> layer off, it's labels (rendered in a separate map file so they are always on
>> top of everything else) will turn off too.
>> 5. Have check boxes for the Mapserver LAYER level too.
>>
>>
>> And here's a tip for those who like to maximize their mapping:
>>
>> When using the browser (Firefox, IE, etc) on a GeoMoose site, press F11 to
>> switch to Full-screen mode while in the browser. This will get rid of all those
>> pesky browser title, status, tool, and menu bars. Press F11 again to return to
>> standard windowed browsing. But don't try this with dual (or more!) display
>> setups; Mapserver is set by default to render a maximum of 2048 and the layers
>> will fail to render (for those building GeoMoose sites, set the MAP's MAXSIZE to
>> 4096 or larger to handle dual displays).
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Brent Fraser
>> GeoAnalytic Inc.
>>
>>
>>
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