[Geomoose-users] Identify tool

moff mofire githiro at gmail.com
Fri Nov 16 22:33:27 PST 2012


Thank you very much guys !!! it worked. i had to adjust the tolerance to
about 7.
I really appreciate your help guys. cheers !

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>wrote:

>  Getting Info to work can be a pain.
>
> 1. Since GeoMoose uses mapscript for getting info, the LAYER object in
> your mapfile must have:
>         METADATA
>             'identify_record' 'templates/identify.html'
>         END
> The path is relative to the file system location of your mapfile.
>
> Also add the following to the LAYER:
>            TOLERANCE 0  # use 0 for TYPE POLYGON
>            TOLERANCEUNITS PIXELS
>
>
> 2. Your info template file must contain this as a first line:
>     <!-- MapServer Template -->
>
>
> 3. The EXTENT in your mapfile's MAP object will act as a spatial filter.
> Only objects inside/intersecting with the EXTENT will be returned.
>
> Best Regards,
> Brent Fraser
>
> On 11/15/2012 8:01 AM, moff mofire wrote:
>
> yes its 4326.
>
> I have managed to get rid of the error that was popping out, but now when
> i click on the layer using the identify tool i only get the coordinates.
> I guess my mapbook had some errors i had to go through it line by line
> comparing with the original mapbook.
>
> Any help????
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>wrote:
>
>>  What is your display coordinate system? 4326?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Brent Fraser
>>
>>  On 11/14/2012 10:48 PM, moff mofire wrote:
>>
>> Thank you very much guys for your help. But my problem is still there, I
>> have tried to change the tolerance and also add the "the_geom FROM county
>> using unique oid using srid=4326 " but still no change. I have even tried
>> to rename the postgis table columns but no change. The layer is displaying
>> perfectly. find attached the altered mapfile and identify.html
>>
>> I am so frustrated and i want to use this application for my masters
>> degree project.
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>>
>>>  On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Anderson, Dean <
>>> anderson.dean at co.polk.or.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think the "TEMPLATE O" is misstyped and should probably be "TOLERANCE
>>>> 0". At least that would make it more consistent with the demo.
>>>
>>>
>>> Might want to try TOLERANCE 20 too.
>>>
>>> Eli
>>>
>>>
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:50 AM, moff mofire <githiro at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you very much Anderson for your reply. Please find attached my
>>>>>> mapfile and identify.html.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Moff,
>>>>>
>>>>> Does you layer display properly?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure that you need "TEMPLATE O" in your map file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sometimes PostGIS connections can work better more like (copied from,
>>>>> http://www.mapserver.org/input/vector/postgis.html):
>>>>>
>>>>> DATA "the_geom from the_database using unique gid using srid=4326"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Eli
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Also this how i have called the layer on mapbook;
>>>>>> ...........
>>>>>> <map-source name="county" type="mapserver">
>>>>>>         <file>./demo/parcels/parcels.map</file>
>>>>>>         <layer name="county" status="on"/>
>>>>>>         <param name="FORMAT" value="image/png;bits=8"/>
>>>>>>     </map-source>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .........
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <catalog>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         <group title="Base Layers">
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             <layer title="County" src="county/county"  legend="true"
>>>>>> tip="County layer" show-legend="true" fade="false" unfade="false"/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         </group>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     </catalog>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Anderson, Dean <
>>>>>> anderson.dean at co.polk.or.us> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please send the mapfile for your identify as an attachment and where
>>>>>>> you call the mapfile from your mapbook.xml.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Dean
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 1:01 PM, moff mofire <githiro at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Please someone help me solve this problem !
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Error Calling the server:
>>>>>>>> TypeError: Application.getMapSource(
>>>>>>>> layerName) is undefined
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This error appears when i try to use the identify or select tool on
>>>>>>>> a postgis layer.
>>>>>>>> I would appreciate any assistance.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  --
>>>>>>> Dean R Anderson
>>>>>>> IT Director
>>>>>>> Polk County
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> IT Director
>>>> Polk County
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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