[mapserver-users] Creating legend

Roger André randre at gmail.com
Wed Oct 8 10:57:57 PDT 2008


Hi Subha,

I think for the "mode=legend" to work, you need to change the LAYER status
to DEFAULT.  However, you can test the legend function via WMS request
without changing the status by using a request similar to this: (linebreaks
added for clarity)

http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/var/www/mapfiles/states/states.map
&service=wms
&version=%221.1.1%22
&request=GetLegendGraphic
&layer=countries
&styles=
&width=60
&height=40
&format=png

Roger
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On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Subha Ramakrishnan <subha at gslab.com> wrote:

> Fawcett, David wrote:
>
>> Or, just a straight mode=legend request to the CGI if you are using
>> MapServer.  You can pass in your extent, that will manage the
>> scale-dependent layers.
>>
>>  Will the map file remain the same for this? I did try using mode=legend
> in my request and added that to a separate DIV.But the request doesn't seem
> to be generating any image.
> This is how my map file looks. I've not pasted the entire contents as its
> too big.
>
> legend
>   status on
>   imagecolor 255 0 0
>   position ul
>  end
>  layer
>   CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
>   name india_states
>   CONNECTION "user=postgres dbname=ibp host=localhost"
>   group world
>   type polygon
>   dump true
>   METADATA
>      "wfs_title" "Factbook Metadata"
>      "gml_include_items" "all"
>      "wms_feature_info_mime_type" "text/html"
>   END
>   template "template.html"
>   projection
>     "init=epsg:4326"
>   end
>   transparency alpha
>   status on
>   data "topology from india_states using unique id using SRID = -1"
>       CLASSITEM "state"
>       CLASS
>               NAME "JAMMU & KASHMIR"
>               EXPRESSION "JAMMU & KASHMIR"
>               STYLE
>                       COLOR 191 191 155
>                       OUTLINECOLOR 000 000 000
>                       #antialias true
>               end
>       end
>     CLASS
>               NAME "HIMACHAL"
>               EXPRESSION "HIMACHAL"
>               STYLE
>                       COLOR 245 226 188
>                       OUTLINECOLOR 000 000 000
>                       #antialias true
>               end
>       end
> And this request is like this as per the example i found here :
> http://openlayers.org/pipermail/users/2008-September/007495.html
> var legenddiv = document.createElement('div');
> legenddiv.setAttribute('id','legend');
> legenddiv.innerHTML = '<img src = "
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?mode=legend&map='+mapfile+<http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?mode=legend&map=%27+mapfile+>
> '"</img>';
> document.getElementById('map').appendChild(legenddiv);
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Subha
>
>
>> David.
>>
>>    -----Original Message-----
>>    *From:* mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>    [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of
>>    *Roger André
>>    *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:06 PM
>>    *To:* Steve Lime
>>    *Cc:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>    *Subject:* Re: [mapserver-users] Creating legend
>>
>>    Also, you might want to consider making a separate
>>    GetLegendGraphic WMS request and putting the legend in a separate
>>    DIV element in your web page.
>>    Just an idea.
>>    --
>>
>>    On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Steve Lime
>>    <Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us <mailto:Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us>>
>>    wrote:
>>
>>        Visit:
>>
>>         http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/example-list.html
>>
>>        and search for untiled. There's a "WMS Untiled" example you
>>        can view the source of. The singleTile option goes in the
>>        "options" object as opposed the "params" object. Params get
>>        passed to the WMS service, options are handled by OL.
>>
>>        Steve
>>
>>        >>> Subha Ramakrishnan <subha at gslab.com
>>        <mailto:subha at gslab.com>> 10/07/08 9:58 AM >>>
>>        Hi Steve,
>>        It would be great if you can give me an example or tell me
>>        where it is
>>        usually set in OL.
>>        Thanks for your help.
>>
>>        Subha
>>
>>        Steve Lime wrote:
>>        > There's nothing you have to do on the MapServer side. Looks
>>        like your OL config is wrong
>>        > though. I think 'singleTile' is set in the wrong
>>        configuration object, perhaps others are in
>>        > the wrong place too.
>>        >
>>        > Steve
>>        >
>>        >
>>        >>>> Subha Ramakrishnan <subha at gslab.com
>>        <mailto:subha at gslab.com>> 10/07/08 1:30 AM >>>
>>        >>>>
>>        > Hi,
>>        >
>>        > I am using mapserver 5.0.2 with openlayers.
>>        > I've a problem while creating a legend for a map from
>>        mapserver.When i
>>        > try to overlay the image from the mapserver on openlayers'
>>        base map, the
>>        > images are rendered in tiles, and every tile has a legend
>>        and is limited
>>        > by the size of the tile. So, i see lots of legends on the
>>        map and only
>>        > half of them are visible as it is restricted by the tile size.
>>        >
>>        > This is my request to mapserver from openlayers
>>        >
>>        > var mapfile = layer_tablename+'.map';
>>        > twms1 = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(
>>        > layer_tablename,"http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?",
>>        > { map: mapfile,
>>        >    transparent: 'true', layers:layer_tablename,
>>        >    format: 'image/png',
>>        >    projection:"EPSG:4326",reproject:false,
>>        >    units: "m",
>>        >    singleTile: true
>>        > },{numZoomLevels : MaxZoomLevel});
>>        > map.addLayer(twms1);
>>        >
>>        > I am using the option of singleTile. Is there any setting to
>>        be done in
>>        > the map file or mapserver for it render a single tile/single
>>        legend per
>>        > image?
>>        >
>>        > Thank you.
>>        >
>>        > Regards,
>>        > Subha
>>        >
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