Querying the extents of a layer (shapefile)

[Alexander Gabriel]

Hi,

use $oLayer->getExtent() in PHP.

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc46/phpmapscript-class-guide.html#LayerObj

Alexander

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:39:45 +0200, Chip Taylor <work at XWB.COM> wrote:

> Thanks,
>   I have done that before but I can only do that manually.  I need a  
> method
> either inside of Mapserver, in VBScript in an ASPX page, in Javascript in
> the Template page, or PHP to do this and then pass it to Mapserver to  
> render
> the next map.
>
> Chip Taylor
> Prepared Response, Inc.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fawcett, David [mailto:David.Fawcett at state.mn.us]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 1:12 PM
>> To: work at XWB.COM; MAPSERVER-USERS at lists.umn.edu
>> Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Querying the extents of a layer
>> (shapefile)
>>
>> You can run ogrinfo on it and get the extents
>>
>> http://ogr.maptools.org/ogr_utilities.html
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>> Behalf Of Chip Taylor
>> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 2:34 PM
>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Querying the extents of a layer
>> (shapefile)
>>
>>
>> If I have a shapefile as a layer can I query the extents of that
>> shapefile from MapServer or MapScript?
>>
>> Thanks for all the help you give to us poor newbies.
>>
>> Chip Taylor
>> Prepared Response, Inc.