[Mapserver-users] using one classification for multiple layers
Daniel Morissette
morissette at dmsolutions.ca
Tue Nov 18 12:36:44 PST 2003
bartvde at xs4all.nl wrote:
>
> What I want would mean introducing a new object called e.g. CLASSIFICATION
> which is composed of several CLASS objects. Layers could then define a
> CLASSIFICATION or multiple CLASS objects (as they do now).
>
Sean Gillies wrote:
>>
>>But it would be useful. One way to implement this would be to extend
>>the
>>map file structure to allow nesting of layers, a concept that already
>>exists in WMS. Define classes in a top-level layer (kinda like a group)
>>and the sub-layers inherit the classes. However, this would involve
>>significant changes to MapServer.
>>
I think the CLASSIFICATION idea (or whatever we call a block of classes)
would cause much less chaos in MapServer than nesting layers. (Even
though nesting layers may be nice for some reasons.)
My 0.02$
Daniel
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