[Geomoose-users] using WFS-T

Thu Mar 17 08:03:13 PDT 2016

I'm not sure this will work with the WFS layer, but this sounds like
something that GeoMOOSE.updateLayerParameters() would accomplish for WMS.

Currently (and subject to change between versions), you can get at the
underlying OpenLayers layer object with:
Application.getMapSource('mapbook/path')._ol_layer

This is something you could call from a script return from a service or
from a custom tab.

Having to dig in the internals in an unsupported way is what usually
prompts me to suggest additions to GeoMOOSE.*  Generally, I just do what I
need to get done and after it shakes out for a bit figure out how it could
be done more generically.

Jim

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
wrote:

> Hey Eli,
>
>   The filtering is for visual purposes: since images from different dates
> may be in the same location I want to see only those polygons related to
> the image being shown.
>
>   My particular use-case is such that there will never be very many
> polygons served via WFS at once. but I do have some performance concerns in
> general.  Fortunately Geomoose/OpenLayers sends a bounding box filter based
> on the display window so that will tend to minimize the problem.
>
>   I've hard-coded an OpenLayers attribute filter in WFS.js for testing
> purposes:
>
>         this._ol_layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector(this.title, {
>             strategies: strategies,
>             projection: this.srsName,
>             styleMap : this.style_map,
>             visibility: false,
> *            filter: new OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison({         //BWF*
> *                type: OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison.EQUAL_TO,*
> *                property: "image_id",*
> *                value: "204"*
> *            }),*
> *            proto*col: new OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS({
>                 version: '1.1.0',
>                 srsName: this.srsName,
>                 url: this.url,
>                 featureNS: this.featureNS,
>                 featurePrefix: this.featurePrefix,
>                 featureType: this.featureType,
>                 geometryName: this.featureGeometryName,
>                 schema: this.featureSchema
>             })
>         });
>
> and it works fine (the above code causes only those polygons digitized
> from image 204 to be shown).  Now I need to hack in some code to change the
> filter value when the user selects a different image.  While it will be ok
> for my project, it would be nice to come up with a more general approach.
> Maybe I'll get some inspiration while hacking...
>
> Best Regards,
> Brent Fraser
>
> On 3/15/2016 5:57 PM, Eli Adam wrote:
>
> Hi Brent,
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com> <bfraser at geoanalytic.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>   Now that I've configured my Geomoose demo to do WFS-T, I need to think
> about how to use it in my old Geomoose v2.4  Ice Digitizing application.
>
> Cool, good to hear that it is working.
>
>
>   That application grouped digitized polygons by "image_id" (representing
> the Landsat image used as a backdrop).  There are hundreds of images and
> thousands of polygons in the system and when the user selected an image,
> Geomoose passed the image_id to mapserver to do a substitution in the
> mapfile SQL so only those polygons related to that image were displayed (and
> available for edits etc).  That worked great.
>
> Is filtering for visual purposes so that you can see what is going on?
>  Or is filtering for performance and browser limits?  Did you try
> solution 0 which is to do no filtering and see if it works?
>
>
>
> How do I do the same thing with Geomoose v2.8 for my app?  Some possible
> "solutions" (I like #3):
>
> 1.  Convert the old 2.4 vector editing system to a user extension and use it
> instead of WFS-T
>         - a lot of work, uses deprecated code, and no benefit to the
> Geomoose community
> or
>
> 2. Create a layer per image_id in the TingyOWS config.xml file and have
> Geomoose switch layer name when the user selects the image.
>     - as images get added to the system the config.xml file must be updated
> (could be automated, but clunky)
>     - each layer would point to a table in the database which would make the
> database ugly
> (hundreds of tables).  I might be able to use views instead of tables to
> make it slightly less ugly, but TinyOWS might not do inserts into a view.
> Dunno about that.
>     - could be some limitations on the number of layers in the config.xml
> file (or performance issues?).
>
> or
>
> 3.  Add functionality to Geomoose to accept attribute filters in the mapbook
> and pass the filters to the OpenLayers definition.
>     - adds complexity to the mapbook syntax (so more documentation, testing,
> maint., etc).
>     - the logic may be similar to the  mapbook's search/query mechanism of
> specifying input types of layer,template,fieldname,comparitor,value so maybe
> some of the code could be used.
>
> This sounds like an option worth exploring and may have other general
> applicaitons.
>
>
> or
>
> 4.  Other?
>
> My ideas are sort of light on this one, hopefully others have further ideas.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
>
> Thanks for any input!
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Brent Fraser
>
>
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