server-side SLD support

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote:
> Good questions Daniel. Let me try and answer them. I am sure Assefa will
> correct me if necessary :-)
> 
> 1) I have no problem with a shorter keyword like SLD
> 
> 2) saving a MAP file will probably just save all the generated classes. I
> don't see a problem with this approach.
> 

This is still an issue for me, if you save the map and reload it, the 
same classes will be regenrated when we read the SLD tag. is this 
acceptable ?

> 3) I don't think get/set functions for Mapscript are necessary since there
> is already a Mapscript function to generate them (applySLDURL on the
> MapObj).
> 
  I agree with this.

> Best regards,
> Bart
> 
> --
> Bart van den Eijnden
> OSGIS, Open Source GIS
> http://www.osgis.nl
> 
> 
> --------- Oorspronkelijk bericht --------
> Van: Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at MAPGEARS.COM>
> Naar: MAPSERVER-DEV at LISTS.UMN.EDU <MAPSERVER-DEV at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
> Onderwerp: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-DEV] server-side SLD support
> Datum: 01/11/06 13:49
> 
> 
>>Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote:
>>&gt; 
>>&gt; Our plan is to add server-side SLD support to Mapserver WMS. This
> 
> would
> 
>>&gt; involve adding a new keyword, for instance STYLEDLAYERDESCRIPTOR. It
> 
> will
> 
>>&gt; add classes from the SLD document (matching the layer's name) to the
> 
> LAYER.
> 
>>&gt; 
>>
>>I like the idea in general.
>>
>>A few questions/comments:
>>
>>- How'bout a shorter keyword such as SLD instead of STYLEDLAYERDESCRIPTOR?
>>
>>- What happens if you save a mapfile ($map-&gt;save()) that contains SLD 
>>definitions like this? Are they maintained in the saved mapfile or lost?
>>
>>- Are there ways to get and set SLD's via MapScript and if yes how does 
>>that work? i.e. does MapScript turn the SLD into a set of classes right 
>>away, or is the SLD just a string member of layerObj... actually an 
>>array of strings... or sldObj's? um... fun questions to answer...
>>
>>Daniel
>>-- 
>>Daniel Morissette
>>http://www.mapgears.com/
>>
>>
> 
> 


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