[Mapserver-users] help with annotations

[Tyler Mitchell]

Are all the columns you need included in a table in the postgis db or are
you calculating them via php/mapscript on the fly?  Either way, they must
be part of your SQL request coming from PostGIS right?

"Matt Doggett" <mdoggett at coas.oregonstate.edu> wrote on 09/22/2003 03:37:03
PM:

> Someone else had suggested this same technique, and I've seen it in the
> documentation. But where do the values [FIRSTNAME] [LASTNAME] come from?
> My guess is that they are attribute 'columns' in the shape file.  But
> here's the problem.  My shape object is created dynamically with
> Php/Mapscript (from a query to a postgres database).  I see that the
> ShapeObj class has the values array but apparently it is read-only so
> that I cannot dynamically create the data columns
> ([TEMP],[DEWPT],[WIND], etc) that this method would require.  This
> problem is off topic but are there any suggestions?
>
> md
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu [mailto:mapserver-users-
> >admin at lists.gis.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Lowell Filak
> >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:04 PM
> >To: Matt Doggett; 'Tyler Mitchell'; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> >Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] help with annotations
> >
> >You can specify multiple 'text' attributes for the class, ie.
> >([FIRSTNAME],[LASTNAME]) .
> >Lowell
> >
> >The following message was sent by "Matt Doggett"
> ><mdoggett at coas.oregonstate.edu> on Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:36:53 -0700.
> >
> >> Well, I have a single point layer that contains weather station data.
> I
> >> currently have it so that the label (actually the 'text' attribute of
> >> the shape object) contains the station identifier. In addition to
> this,
> >> I also would like to be able to display one, some, all of additional
> >> data like temp, dewpt, winds, etc.
> >> None of the responses so far has suggested annotations so maybe
> that's
> >> not the direction I need to be going.
> >>
> >> matt
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu
> [mailto:mapserver-users-
> >> >admin at lists.gis.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
> >> >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:18 AM
> >> >To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> >> >Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] help with annotations
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Do you just want to create labels that use more than one line (i.e.
> >> >multi-line labels) and use more than one attribute?  Are you already
> >> >displaying labels okay?  You can do all this using similar
> methodology
> >> as
> >> >far as I know.   Maybe give us a short example of what you are
> already
> >> >doing and how you'd like that to change.
> >> >
> >> >Tyler
> >> >
> >> >mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu wrote on 09/22/2003 10:45:36
> >> AM:
> >> >
> >> >> I have some point data where I want to display more than one data
> >> value
> >> >in
> >> >> the labels at each data point (eg. Temperature, windspeed, dewpt,
> >> etc).
> >> >How
> >> >> would I do this?  I'm thinking that this would involve annotation
> >> layers
> >> >but
> >> >> I can't find any documentation that says exactly what they are or
> how
> >> to
> >> >use
> >> >> them.  Can anyone shed some light on how to use annotation layers?
> >> I'm
> >> >> using PHP/Mapscript if that helps.
> >> >>
> >> >> TIA,
> >> >>
> >> >> Matt
> >> >>
> >> >> Matt Doggett
> >> >> Spatial Climate Analysis Service
> >> >> Oregon State University
> >> >> 316 Strand Ag Hall
> >> >> Corvallis, OR 97331
> >> >> (541)737-9153
> >> >> mdoggett at coas.oregonstate.edu
> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >> >
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