[Geomoose-users] Displaying each layer from a mapfile in a separate layer

[Robert R. Raiz]

Oh, Ok... I did not know of that option (GetMapbook.php file) and I have to
read a bit about it as I am completely new to this.

Thanks for the tip.


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:00 PM, James Klassen <klassen.js at gmail.com> wrote:

> You might want to consider parsing the WMS GetCapabilities output instead
> of the mapfile itself.
>
> This sort of thing is why the GetMapbook.php stub is there. (And also to
> potentially let different users see different mapbooks.)
> On Jun 11, 2013 9:56 AM, "Robert R. Raiz" <raizrobert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello James,
>>
>> Yes, I tried using the map file name but what troubled me, was that I had
>> all the layers under one check-box (either I had them all on, or all off);
>> This is not the best thing as maybe I want to export a map with only a few
>> of those layers.
>>
>> It is also possible that I did not apply the good params in the catalog
>> section to have them all separately.
>>
>> My idea is to create a script that reads the map file and brings values
>> in the .xml file. It should also read the STATUS param (ON/OFF) from the
>> mapfile.
>>
>> eg: <layer name="city_labels" status="default/> (default = read the
>> layer status from the mapfile)
>>
>> I still need to practice a bit.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:21 PM, James Klassen <klassen.js at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> If you want always want all the layers displayed you can use the map
>>> name (as defined in the .map file) as your layer name in GeoMoose.
>>>
>>> If you want finer granularity,  set a GROUP on the layers in the mapfile
>>> that you want to turn on together and then use that group as the layer name
>>> in GeoMoose.
>>>
>>> (MapServer used to support an implicit GROUP name of "all" on every
>>> layer but that was removed because it violated the WMS standard.)
>>>
>>> I am not sure how well these methods play with the PHP services (like
>>> identify) but if the PHP service fails that is a bug in the PHP and should
>>> be reported so it can get fixed.
>>>  On Jun 10, 2013 1:27 PM, "Robert R. Raiz" <raizrobert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> @Eli Adam: yes, that is the intended way. It works, I added each layer
>>>> in the map-source with the "<layer name" param. Then,  all those again
>>>> in the the catalog section, with <layer src. I did that from the first
>>>> attempt and the result is ok, but I do not wish to do this manual process
>>>> for each map file.
>>>>
>>>> The reason for my post was to learn if there is a more straightforward
>>>> way (automatically).
>>>>
>>>> Because I have many map files with a lot of layers and I always need
>>>> all of them displayed to choose the best layout. I guess a little script
>>>> can read the map file and build that list for me, using a few variables.
>>>>
>>>> I am new to geomoose..  I've been using Chameleon for a long time and
>>>> clearly its time is long due.
>>>>
>>>> I really appreciate the support, the great documentation out there and
>>>> surely I will get back to the mailing list with more questions as I go
>>>> forward with the migration.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Robert R. Raiz <raizrobert at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > Hello all,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Well, what I would like to do, is to have all the layers from a
>>>>> mapfile on a
>>>>> > separate row in the interface (all status = on, aka checked), to be
>>>>> able to
>>>>> > check and uncheck layers depending on what I want to see.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I tried several options but I just did not find an easy way to
>>>>> accomplish
>>>>> > this without inserting each layer separately in the map-source.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does adding a map-source for each one work?  I think that is the
>>>>> intended way.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eli
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > No matter which layers I add in the  catalog for this reference, I
>>>>> still
>>>>> > have them all nested under one checkbox;
>>>>> >
>>>>> > <map-source name="county" type="mapserver">
>>>>> > <file>./test/parcels/parcels.map</file>
>>>>> > <layer name="parcels" status="on"/>
>>>>> > <param name="FORMAT" value="image/png;bits=8"/>
>>>>> > </map-source>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Is there a way to do this?
>>>>> > --
>>>>> > Raiz Roland Robert
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Raiz Roland Robert*
>>>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>


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