MapServer-list: calculating extents with mapscript

[theresia freska]

Thank you so much for your quick response. Sorry, I've just got back and read your reply. And yes, that's exactly what i need. I'll give it a try and let you know if I can make it or not.

Gail Long <codeburg at hotmail.com> wrote: 
Did you get what you needed?


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>From: theresia freska 
>To: Gail Long 
>Subject: MapServer-list: calculating extents with mapscript
>Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 20:36:04 -0700 (PDT)
>
>First of all, sorry to send you a private message. But I can't seem to get 
>an answer from MapServer's mailing list. I've been posting this question 
>since about 2 weeks or more in 2 different posts and still no response yet. 
>I searched the archive and found out that you used to have the same 
>question, that is how to calculate extents for some features. I just 
>wonder, did you happen to solve that? Because I didn't find any reply to 
>your post.
>   Currently, i'm using the PostGIS SQL statement to get the bounding box 
>of those features and it works well. As to MapScript, my idea is to have 
>four arrays to store the minx, miny, maxx, and maxy values. Then, i'll have 
>to find the minimum value of minx miny and the maximum value of maxx maxy 
>to define the bounding box. What do you think?
>   Again, sorry to bother you. But many thanks in advance for your kind 
>response.
>
>   NB: this header just to remind you :D
>
>   Subject: From: Gail Long <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Gail Long <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:07:57 -0800
>
>
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