Smooth panning with Dbox?

Marc Compte mcompte at SIGTE.UDG.ES
Wed Mar 14 09:01:06 PDT 2007


As far as I know, ka-map is based on MapServer and helps you build web 
interfaces that do precisely that.

There was a demonstration about it at the 1st Meeting on FOS GIS in 
Girona (Spain) and it was very interesting. It sure deserves a try.

Marc

En/na Steve Lime ha escrit:
> I know how ka-map (or Google) does it but I didn't know ROSA did it. That would be the approach
> to emulate.  You're treading beyond the niche I originally envisioned for that application. Should 
> look at OpenLayers too it may support smooth panning with untiled sources.
>
> Steve
>
>   
>>>> On 3/12/2007 at 2:31 PM, in message <45F5AA81.4040401 at columbus.rr.com>, "Jason
>>>>         
> R. Moore" <bigj at COLUMBUS.RR.COM> wrote:
>   
>> I was wandering does any one know of an easy way of doing smooth panning 
>> with Dbox?  ( i.e. like google map or Roza?)  I have tried rendering a 
>> map image larger than the map display area and then clip the Dhtml 
>> layer  to the display box of a table.  Then for panning I move the image 
>> in the Dbox onDrag function.  When doing this the image threw around the 
>> edges and some times it does not get clipped at all rather it becomes 
>> the background image for the page.    This also requires generating 
>> images ~9 times larger than needed. Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jason
>>     
>
>   



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