[mapserver-dev] Advanced Selection Management API

[Paul Spencer]

Thanks Pavel, I have several ideas of how to build one-off solutions in fact but in I am trying to find a more generic solution that will also benefit other mapserver users (and hopefully engage them in the process :))

Cheers

Paul

On 2009-12-08, at 3:53 AM, Pavel Iacovlev wrote:

> Mapscript + PostGIS, it's easier to store/access/modify your
> geometries inside a spatial database.
> You can can highlight features using OpenLayers by creating a vector
> geometry on top of your WMS/Mapserver layer.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Paul Spencer <pspencer at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
>> We have a customer for which there is a need for some more advanced selection management functionality.  The basic requirements are:
>> 
>> * create a new selection from a set of features selected spatially or by some combination of attributes
>> * save a named selection (serialize to disk file)
>> * restore a previously saved selection (deserialize from disk file)
>> * modify a selection by adding or removing features selected spatially or by some combination of attributes
>> * highlight a selection when drawing using the CGI (like referencing a .qy file)
>> * access features in the selection for other aspects of the application
>> 
>> My questions:
>> 
>> 1) is this achievable with the current setup?  I don't think so, the only way I can think to do this is to use mapscript to create shapefiles of selected features and manage selection as separate datasources and layers
>> 
>> 2) is this something that would be desirable to have in mapserver/mapscript or should I just look at doing my own thing on the side?
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Paul
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   Paul Spencer
   Chief Technology Officer
   DM Solutions Group Inc
   http://research.dmsolutions.ca/