[mapguide-users] Bookmarking

[GordonL]

Hi Mike,
Does it capture current Map Scale and Layer State?

Also, does it cupture current SESSIONID?

thanks
gordon



Mike Adair wrote:
> 
> Yes there is the LinkToView widget which provides bookmarking.  It 
> provides a labeled anchor tag with a link to the current mapview.
> 
> Mike
> 
> Chris Claydon wrote:
>> I think I saw some support for bookmarking go into Fusion 2.0. There are
>> some developers from DM Solutions on this list that may be able to
>> provide more details...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of GordonL
>> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 2:56 PM
>> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [mapguide-users] Bookmarking
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>> I was wondering, has anyone seen a bookmarking tool (either FUSION or
>> Basic
>> Web Layout)?  
>>
>> I think there are different ways of doing this.  
>> 1. I saw one solution that grabbed the URL of the web layout (including
>> sessionid) but this expires...
>>
>> 2. I thought I could capture the map name, current scale, and the current
>> layer visibility in the session and store to a database..then apply these
>> parameters after the user logs in.
>>
>> 3. I thought I saw a FUSION demo that "save map" would store the map
>> permanently in the repository and just share it to everyone, but does
>> anyone
>> know if this stored the current status (scale and layer visibility
>> status)????
>>
>> The issue I have with all these approaches is that this requires that the
>> web layout is customized to accommodate the passing of these
>> parameters...
>> it would be great if there were URL parameters (GET or POST) that we can
>> pass the scale and layer status to the whole Web Layout (FUSION or
>> BASIC)...
>>
>> any feedback on how anyone worked through this issue would be great.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> gordon
>>
>>   
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