MS RFC 29: Dynamic Charting Capability

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> > I have created MS RFC 29 that proposes the introduction of a simple 
> > (once again, I like simple ;-) Dynamic Charting Capability 
> in MapServer 5.0:
> > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-29
> >
> > This is based on an already implemented and working patch 
> from Thomas 
> > Bonfort that's been sitting in ticket 1800 for almost a year.
> >
> > As usual, awaiting your feedback.
> >

Great idea.  Questions:

- does this assume a POLYGON data type input only (I would see this to
work on any data type)
- would a LAYER of type CHART be exposed to the OGC interfaces (WMS
would work, but what would the behaviour be for, say, WFS)?
- what would a legend response look like?
- would CLASS/EXPRESSIONs help here, in terms of classifying (I'm
unclear on how CLASS/STYLE/SIZE works)

..Tom