[Geomoose-users] Download link per layer.

[Brent Fraser]

bobb,

   I was just looking into a similar problem.  But the target would be a 
chart (e.g. bar/pie chart) in a browser window.

Best Regards,
Brent Fraser

On 4/26/2016 9:48 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote:
> All,
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> This is an on again, off again wishlist item for me.
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> Came up again this week here in the office.  I was wondering about 
> adding a tool config to the mapbook for setting up a download link for 
> data on a particular layer.  I understand that not all data sources 
> are the same, and that some might be easier to setup than others, but 
> in general, anyone else interested in this type of capability?
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> I initially thought about trying this with SHP files, of which we have 
> about 260 different ones in our install.  Note: some layers are 
> composed of more than one SHP file.  While thinking on it some more, 
> another thought was to investigate whether some sort of standard 
> output might be washed through Mapserver as a generic method of data 
> output.  This would allow for a clip and ship approach too vs 
> downloading an entire dataset, it also seems like it would help with 
> data originating in Databases.  Maybe this is two different tools, or 
> at least download options.  Some of the layers could easily be 
> downloaded in their entirety.  Would GeoPackage be a possible output 
> format to target for something like this, something else?  I’m also 
> interested in any thoughts on how to manage/organize things on the 
> backend.  I suspect that we have a good system already, but all ideas 
> welcome.
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> Thanks
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> bobb
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