[Mapserver-users] getextent in a file .TAB

[Daniel Morissette]

Irene Pérez wrote:
> But I want obtain the extent automatic when the user
> "select" a Polygon in the map, than zoom to this
> extent... with the ogrinfo tool, is manual.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/data2/wilma/mapserver-users/0212/msg00197.html

Daniel



>  --- Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at dmsolutions.ca>
> escribió: > Irene Pérez wrote:
> 
>>>Hi, can you help me?
>>>I 'm using files mapinfo and I have a problem,
>>
>>because
>>
>>>I'm trying get the extent of a layers, but i can't
>>
>>use
>>
>>>getextent() because i have the next error to
>>
>>execute
>>
>>>the next line:
>>>
>>>$shapeFileObj = ms_newShapeFileObj(
>>>"/home/ejemplos/data/municipios",-1) 
>>>
>>
>>The shapefileObj is for shapefiles only.  It won't
>>work for OGR or any 
>>other data source.
>>
>>
>>>How can i get the extent, please?
>>>
>>
>>You can use the 'ogrinfo' tool that comes with
>>GDAL/OGR, e.g.
>>
>>   ogrinfo -so /home/ejemplos/data/municipios.TAB
>>municipios
>>
>>For more info on 'ogrinfo', see:
>>http://ogr.maptools.org/ogr_utilities.html
>>
>>Daniel
>>-- 
>>
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>>  Daniel Morissette              
>>dmorissette at dmsolutions.ca
>>  DM Solutions Group             
>>http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
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