[Mapserver-users] dBox, Rosa, Macs, mapscript

[Zak James]

Liz,

At DM we have a large PHP based application (Maplab) that is currently 
morphing into a chameleon application. The approach we are using is to 
have individual chameleon applications embedded in popup windows or 
frames within the PHP-based application shell. Since the entry point of 
a chameleon application is a PHP page, this is relatively 
straightforward; the php session or javascript can be used to 
communicate between the different parts of the larger application.

I'm not sure if this is appropriate for your application, but it's 
something to consider if you want to take advantage of the best of both 
worlds.

zak
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Zak James
Applications and Software Development
DM Solutions Group Inc.
http://www.dmsolutions.ca


On Feb 13, 2004, at 8:36 AM, Liz Godwin wrote:

> Thanks Zak for the info on ROSA.  You're right though, I can't count on
> users having the latest and greatest just yet.
>
> I have considered using Chameleon for my CGI apps because they are
> rather simple in design, and this could work well.  The PHP app though
> has a lot of customizations that I couldn't work into Chameleon.  At
> least not easily.
>
> Liz
>
>>>> Zak James <zak-ms at hoppsan.org> 02/12/04 04:50PM >>>
> I'm pretty sure the problem with ROSA on macs is that it requires
> liveconnect, a mechanism for java to communicate with javascript.
>
> It used to be that it wasn't available at all on the mac platform, but
>
> Apple released a new version of Safari (1.2) last week that implements
>
> it for their Java 1.4.2 VM. I tested it locally and it allows ROSA to
> work.
>
> Of course, if your clients don't have the latest version of OS X, it's
>
> not a great solution. Have you considered using Chameleon
> (www.maptools.org)? It provides a DHTML rubber band that works fine in
>
> most mac browsers.
>
> zak
> --
> Zak James
> Applications and Software Development
> DM Solutions Group Inc.
> http://www.dmsolutions.ca
>
>
> On Feb 12, 2004, at 11:00 AM, Liz Godwin wrote:
>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I need to use a different means for navigation than Rosa for my
>> applications.  It does not seem to work on Mac computers.
>>
>> At the moment I am working on a PHPMapscript application, however I
>> will have to change some CGI apps later.
>>
>> With my PHP application, I have been looking into the dBox example
> as
>> an alternative to Rosa.  The reason I liked these examples is that I
>
>> can
>> zoom into a rectangle and get a nice rubber band box.  The problem
> with
>> dBox is that it is complicated and I need only a small subset of the
>> code, but before diving into it I thought I would ask the list
> first..
>> can I use dBox without the mapserv object?  All I want from it is to
>> allow me to draw a box (or simple click) on a map image and then
> return
>> the coordinates in pixels.
>>
>> Should I bother with dBox?  Are there more simple examples out
> there?
>> I'm sure this isn't hard to code, but I would rather not start over
> if
>> I
>> can help it.
>>
>> On the same note, I am hoping to exploit the CBE javascript library
> so
>> I don't have to fret over cross-browser issues.
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>>
>> Liz Godwin
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