[Mapserver-users] finding extents of polygon in shapefile

[Tyler Mitchell]

If so inclined, you could use Python and the ogr.py to select your feature 
and report out the extent.  If you want some examples, ask the gdal list.

Tyler

mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu wrote on 04/12/2004 03:58:19 PM:

> I am using MapServer 4 with PHP 4 (but not MapScript).  I am looking for 
a
> way to quickly find the extents of polygon(s) in a shapefile.  In a 
nutshell,
> I am using the Tiger PLC00 data, and would like to be able to take a 
city
> name and look up the extents of the polygon(s) for that city so that I 
can
> set the extents of the map to display just that city.
> 
> I've tried playing with '-where' in ogrinfo, but even when I restrict 
the
> results to just one city, the displayed extents are still for the entire 
file.
> 
> Any suggestions how I might do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
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