[mapguide][MG151][New] Add UI feature and resource abstraction level to allow picki...

[Jason Birch]

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    https://mapguide.osgeo.org/servlets/Scarab/id/MG151

Type
 Enhancement

Artifact ID
 MG151 (Add UI feature and resource abstraction level to allow picking between maps (themes?) on a layout)

Reported by
 Jason Birch
 jasonbirch (jason.birch at nanaimo.ca)

New artifact details:
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- Artifact Status set to new value
  New
- Artifact created
- Summary set to new value
  Add UI feature and resource abstraction level to allow picking between maps (themes?) on a layout
- Description set to new value
  Please consider adding an additional layer of abstraction between Maps and Web Layouts:  MapGroups.  Also, add a UI element similar to the Task drop-down allowing switching between maps in the MapGroup.  Consideration would also need to be given to linking Tasks to specific layers, disabling their display when the map layer(s) they reference are not available in the current map.  See the view switcher at the bottom of the protlandmaps.com site for a good implementation of this:

http://portlandmaps.com/detail.cfm?action=explorer&intersection_id=320641&x=7661307.680&y=622041.400&site_name=MADISON%20ST%20and%20%205TH%20ST&city=OREGON%20CITY&ResultCount=2

- Justification set to new value
  We are stuck with a choice between implementing multiple maps, or implementing a single map with a higher level of complexity than most end users are willing to deal with.  This feature would allow multiple maps to be implemented in a single layout, which would provide benefits to both maintainability and usability.

Reason:
Initial request.

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