[Mapserver-users] help with annotations

[Matt Doggett]

Yes. The data columns are all in the postgres db.  I realize now that
all I have to do is include them in the query and manually set the
'text' attribute to whatever I want in the ShapeObj class.

md

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>admin at lists.gis.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
>Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:40 PM
>To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] help with annotations
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>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?
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>"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
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>> >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
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>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >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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