[mapserver-users] How to query attributes via WMS

[Steve White]

Bruce -

 

I don't see anything in Google's T&Cs that disallow adding layered tiles
over their own. In fact since the API has a class called GTileLayerOverlay
it looks like they are encouraging it.

 

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GTileLayerOver
lay

 

Steve

 

From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Cheney
Sent: 07 July 2008 20:28
To: Mapserver-users
Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] How to query attributes via WMS

 

I am not answering your question - sorry.  Instead I have questions for you.
Will Google allow using their maps as a WMS?  Did you get special permission
for this?  Everything I have read says this is not allowed from the Google
side. I am asking because we would really like to use Google as a background
for our web app also and if this is a new development then we would be
interested in doing it also. Thanks.

 

Bruce Cheney

 

 

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From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Steve White
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:02 PM
To: Mapserver-users
Subject: [mapserver-users] How to query attributes via WMS

I'm using mapserver to overlay png tiles over a google maps interface and
it's working well. I have a series of shp files on the server and I want to
build a search interface so the user can query the actual data. An example
would be in simple terms: 'select all data from shp where layer =
'thislayer' and field like '%castle%''.

 

Is it possible to interpret a variable if I sent it via the Url with the WMS
call? For example, I'll tag on &TestVar=castle to the WMS call. Can the map
file be set up to interpret TestVar and perform a query against a shp file
field in a given layer?

 

Thanks,

 

Steve

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