[mapserver-users] javascript bounding box effort

[Kralidis, Tom]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has any recent news or developments on this.
Basically looking for a JavaScript bounding box approach to eliminate the
use of the mapplet.

Cheers

..Tom

PS I sent this before, and it never got to the list.


> 
> 
> You wrote...
> 
> >Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:17:23 -0600
> >From: Steve Lime <steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us>
> >To: Tom.Kralidis at ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca, ahaigh at ic24.net
> >Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> >Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] javascript bounding box effort
> >
> >Don't bother with the ArcIMS site at National Geographic. 
> You'll spend
> >hours sorting through all the
> >javascript they've got plus you've got to actually find the files-
> >they're pretty well hidden. John Hockday
> >and others in Australia plus some folks at Penn State have 
> already done
> >this to one degree or another.
> >The code I got from John (can't find it at the moment) was very
> >straight forward. It did need some
> >repackaging to be generally useful though. Perhaps those folks will
> >post the source.
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >Stephen Lime
> >Data & Applications Manager
> >
> >Minnesota DNR
> >500 Lafayette Road
> >St. Paul, MN 55155
> >651-297-2937
> >
> >>>> "Andrew Haigh" <ahaigh at ic24.net> 01/23/02 12:29PM >>>
> >No, but I'm going to.
> >
> >As far as I know its the same basic idea as ArcIMS etc. I'm going to
> >start
> >by looking at home other sites do it, look at
> >http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com (ArcIMS) and also at
> >http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk.
> >
> >If you want to know how I get on I'll let you know, however, first I
> >need to
> >get Mapserver working.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Andrew
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kralidis, Tom" <Tom.Kralidis at ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca>
> >To: "Mapserver-Users (E-mail)" <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 5:51 PM
> >Subject: [mapserver-users] javascript bounding box effort
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Has anyone had any experience / luck / success putting together a
> >JavaScript
> >> based bounding box approach to their MapServer app, as 
> opposed to the
> >Java
> >> mapplet?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> ..Tom
> >>
> >> =================================
> >> Tom Kralidis
> >> Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
> >> Tel: (613) 947-1828
> >> http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ 
> >> =================================
> >>
> >
>