XMLHttp Object and Mapserver

[Abe Gillespie]

Funny, when I saw this post on /. using it in MapServer was the first
thing I thought of too!  ;)

-Abe

On Dec 20, 2004, at 12:46 PM, Mike Davis wrote:

> I have been following the dissection of the new Google Suggest
> (http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en) service with great
> interest.  Particularly the use of the XMLHttp object to transfer data
> back and fourth from the server without re-loading the page.
> Apparently this feature (originally created by Microsoft) has been
> implemented in Mozilla and Safari (with some minor differences) and is
> for all intents and purposes "cross platform".  Check out the code
> dissection here:
>
> http://serversideguy.blogspot.com/2004/12/google-suggest-dissected.html
>
> I am curious if anyone has implemented, or considered using this
> method to swap map images using the mapserver cgi?
>
> -Mike
>