[mapguide-users] WMS groups

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

Hi Chris,

are there any plans for supporting this in a future version?

More general, what does the OGC RoadMap for Mapguide look like?

Are things like SLD WMS on the roadmap?

Best regards,
Bart

Chris Claydon schreef:
> You are correct. MapGuide does not currently support groups, and so the
> GetCapabilities response never contains nested groups of layers.
> However, I was responding to Andy's comment that you could only include
> one layer definition in the LAYERS parameter of a GetMap request - you
> can, in fact, include multiple layers. For example:
>
> http://localhost:8008/mapguide/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?REQUEST=GETMAP&SER
> VICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&FORMAT=image/png&LAYERS=Samples/Sheboygan/Layers/
> Parcels,Samples/Sheboygan/Layers/Roads&BBOX=-87.7398334220901,43.7382269
> 9224595,-87.72068284176505,43.75068777906662&SRS=EPSG:4326&WIDTH=796&HEI
> GHT=717&BGCOLOR=0x0000FF&TRANSPARENT=FALSE 
>
> This request renders the "Roads" layer on top of the "Parcels" layer in
> the same map.
>
> Chris.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) [mailto:bartvde at osgis.nl] 
> Sent: October 31, 2006 9:49 AM
> To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] WMS groups
>
> I think Johan is referring to nesting WMS layers, so e.g.:
>
> <Layer>
> <Name>mygroup</Name>
> <Title>my first group</Title>
> <Layer>
> <Name>mylayer1</Name>
> <Title>my first layer</Title>
> </Layer>
> <Layer>
> <Name>mylayer2</Name>
> <Title>my second layer</Title>
> </Layer>
> </Layer>
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> Chris Claydon schreef:
>   
>> You should be able to specify multiple layers (separated by commas) in
>>     
>
>   
>> the LAYERS parameter. They are rendered in the order in which they are
>>     
>
>   
>> specified. i.e. The first one goes on the bottom, the next is rendered
>>     
>
>   
>> on top of that, and so forth.
>>
>> For more information see the WMS specifications (1.1.1 and earlier)
>>     
> here:
>   
>> http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wms
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>>
>>     
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   
>> *From:* Andy Morsell [mailto:amorsell at spatialgis.com]
>> *Sent:* October 31, 2006 9:19 AM
>> *To:* users at mapguide.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* RE: [mapguide-users] WMS groups
>>
>> I don't think you have missed anything. MapGuide Open's WMS requests 
>> will only accept a single layer in the LAYERS parameter. And no, there
>>     
>
>   
>> is currently no way to group multiple MapGuide layers into one WMS 
>> "layer".
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>>     
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   
>> *From:* Johan B [mailto:johwilm at yahoo.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 31, 2006 1:34 AM
>> *To:* users at mapguide.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* [mapguide-users] WMS groups
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I can't find a way to create groups of WMS layers.
>>
>> As I see it I can only publish the individual layers which will result
>>     
>
>   
>> in a flat layer structure. Have I missed something in the Studio or 
>> isn't it possible to do this in current version of MG Open?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Johan Bergman
>>
>>
>>     
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Bart van den Eijnden
OSGIS, Open Source GIS
bartvde at osgis.nl
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