[mapserver-users] Getting a list of ALL layers to client

[Daniel Morissette]

You can present a list of layers in your HTML interface using the new
HTML legend templates.  

See http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc/html-legend-howto.html

Daniel


C F wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> With all the great and advanced functionality of MapServer, I'm amazed at
> the basic things that I get stumped by :)
> Anyone know how I would get a list of all layers defined in the .map file to
> a web-browser/javascript client (without using MapScript)?  It seems like
> this is would be a token available for use in a template file.  But all I
> see are [layers] and [get_layers] which only return a list of which layers
> that are currently turned on (visible).  At minimum I would want a list of
> ALL layers (on or off) available for viewing at the current scale.  Even
> better would be able get a list of *all* layers in the .map file plus an
> attribute indicating which ones are currently available.
> The reason for wanting to do this is so that we don't have to hard code
> layers id's and names into the client and worry about .map/client
> synchronization problems.
> I have a feeling I'm overlooking the obvious... but I can't seem to figure
> it out.  I see all kinds of workarounds I can do, but I wanted to first know
> if the capability was built in.
> 
> Which brings me to XML... but I'll put that in my next post.
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> _________________________________________________________________
> MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:
> http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx