Version 3.3 wish list...

[Sullivan, James R.]

Has anyone thought of an avenue script for Arcview that would take the
current properties of the view to create the MapServer configuration files? 

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	kenboss at dilbert.dnr.state.mn.us
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	Sent:	Monday, June 28, 1999 12:08 PM
	To:	steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us;
mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
	Subject:	Re: Version 3.3 wish list...

	Steve--

	How about mapfile-based definition of classes for thematic rasters,
following 
	the model of the shapefile stuff.  It'd be really cool to be able to
do 
	hierarchical class collapsing this way, rather than having to
maintain separate 
	rasters for that purpose.  With the advent of MapScript, we'd then
have the 
	capability to let users define through html forms how they want to
see the 
	classes displayed.  As a side benefit, we'd also get dynamic legend
creation for 
	raster images out of the deal.  Of course we'd also want to retain
the current 
	mechanisms as a default mode, so that if no classes are defined in
the mapfile 
	for a raster, then it is displayed in accordance with the associated
color 
	table.  I realize that this may be a rather large pain to develop,
given the 
	varying requirements for the different raster formats supported, but
as long as 
	we're talking wish lists, I thought I'd throw that in...

	--Ken