[Mapserver-users] Custom WMS parameters

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bartvde at xs4all.nl [mailto:bartvde at xs4all.nl] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:07 AM
> To: Stefan Schwarzer
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Custom WMS parameters
> 
> 
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> if the parameter has a dynamic content then this is not 
> possible as far as I know.
> 
> If the parameter has a static content, then you could add it 
> to the CONNECTION string / wms_onlineresource in the MAP file.
> 
> Best regards,
> Bart
> 
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I am struggling in the moment with my WMS service, which I 
> developed 
> > for using in another application developed by myself. But 
> in addition 
> > to the standard parameters like BBOX and LAYERS I would 
> like to pass 
> > another parameter indicating the country which should be 
> highlighted 
> > (like in the case of the attached image China). Is there any way to 
> > add these kind of custom parameters in a WMS service?
> >

You can do this with SLD, by passing an SLD document with a filter rule to
highlight a given country as per an expression.  The WMS must support SLD to
recognize and process the request correctly.

..Tom


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What you *could* do is pass

> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Stefan
> >
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> >
> >
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