zoom box

[Cameron Shorter]

We have similar requests, and have come up with 2 solutions.

1. Use the mapimage.java bean.  (We have enhanced the original
mapimage.java, but have not not got around to releasing it yet.) 
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/contributed.html
2. Use geotools. http://geotools.sourceforge.net/

Chad Nielsen wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Someone was asking me about being able to display a 'zoom' box within a map
> image with map server. sort of like a magnifying glass that can be moved
> around.  The idea is that there would be a draggable box in the map display
> area that shows the area underneath the box shown at a larger scale than the
> map display. Seems to me like this would be possible using java. does
> anybody have any experience with this? Is it even possible to imbed images
> within images?

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