[mapserver-users] Help with URL-defined feature data

[Silke Reimer]

Ed,

I think you forgot to switch on the layer in the URL by
layer=annolyer. So you have to change the URL to 
http://cassini/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?mode=map&map=\MapServer\maps\blue.map&mapext=10+10+30+30&mapsize=400+400&map_annolayer_feature=new&map_annolayer_feature_points=20+20&layer=annolayer

I hope that helps.

Silke

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 04:10:27PM -0400, Ed McNierney wrote:
> Thanks, Steve.  I forgot to mention I was doing this with 3.6.1, but I've since tried with 3.5 and 3.6 as well with the same (non-)results.
> 
> 	- Ed
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: woodbri at swoodbridge.com [mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:07 PM
> To: Ed McNierney; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Help with URL-defined feature data
> 
> 
> Steve Lime - got any ideas on this one?
> 
> Ed,
> 
> It looks like you are going this as documented or at least as I would 
> interpret the docs. I get the same behavior on both ms 3.5 and ms 
> 3.6. So while it might be obvious to some, it isn't obvious to me 
> either!
> 
> -Steve W.
> 
> On 30 Jul 2002 at 12:04, Ed McNierney wrote:
> 
> > Folks -
> > 
> > OK - I'm missing something very obvious here, but I can't get URL-defined point features added to a feature layer dynamically.  Here's my very simple map file:
> > 
> > NAME Blue
> > STATUS ON
> > SYMBOLSET "/MapServer/MapServer/Symbols/symbols.sym"
> > UNITS DD
> > IMAGECOLOR 0 153 204
> > 
> > ### Annotation Layer ###
> > 
> > LAYER
> >   NAME ANNOLAYER
> >   TYPE POINT
> >   STATUS DEFAULT
> >   CLASS
> >     NAME ANNOLAYER
> >     COLOR 0 0 0
> >     OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
> >     SYMBOL 'tent'
> >     SIZE 100
> >   END
> > END
> > 
> > END
> > 
> > And I would expect this URL:
> > 
> > http://cassini/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?mode=map&map=\MapServer\maps\blue.map&mapext=10+10+30+30&mapsize=400+400&map_annolayer_feature=new&map_annolayer_feature_points=20+20
> > 
> > to display a big black tent symbol in the middle of the image.  It does nothing.  If I insert the feature into the LAYER definition:
> > 
> >   FEATURE
> >     POINTS
> >       20 20
> >     END
> >   END
> > 
> > It works just fine.  What am I missing?
> > 
> > 	- Ed
> > 
> > Ed McNierney
> > President and Chief Mapmaker
> > TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
> > 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
> > North Chelmsford, MA  01863
> > ed at topozone.com
> > (978) 251-4242 
> > 
> 
> 

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Silke Reimer

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