[Mapserver-users] measure tool

[Richard Greenwood]

Michael Smith wrote:

> Yes, the one on your website is exactly the type of measure/distance tool
> that I am looking for. 

That type of measure tool runs entirely on the client - it does not 
depend on anything on the server. The measure tool on my site uses the 
Java applet "jBox". See:
    http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc40/jbox-howto.html
If you do not want to deal with Java, I think there has also been some 
discussion of a DHTML implementation.

Rich

> Michael Smith wrote:
> 
>>What are some of the methods used to add a measuring tool to mapserver 
>>4 cgi on windows 2003 server running II6?  I would like to add a 
>>measure tool and would like some suggestions or ways to accomplish 
>>this.  Any ideas or help would really be appreciated.  Thank you.
>>

>  Richard Greenwood wrote:
> 
> What do you mean by a "measure tool"? I have implemented an interactive
> measure tool similar to what MapInfo and ArcView have. (You can see it at
> http://www2.tetonwyo.org/mapserver ). Or are you looking for something
> different?
> 
-- 
Richard Greenwood
www.greenwoodmap.com