[mapserver-users] mapextent of a selected polygon

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

Lionel,

Check out the ShapefileObj Class which allows you to retrieve the the 
extents of any object.

check out the http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc/ page and specifically
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc/phpmapscript-class-guide.html

-Steve
 http://iMapTools.com


On 28 Aug 2002 at 9:37, Lionel wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I know it's possible to obtain a layer global mapextent. But do you know if 
> it's possible to obtain the mapextent of a selected polygon in a layer. I 
> work with phpmapscript and I would like to zoom at an entire polygon (or 
> group of polygons) when it's selected by a user.
> Another solution is to store each mapextent of each polygon obtained with 
> another software (like arcinfo or grass) in a separate file, but I'd like to 
> avoid this and to keep a dynamic method.
> Thanks in advance,
> Lionel
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