[mapserver-users] RE: Highlight

Tue Apr 14 16:23:49 EDT 2009

I am having a hard time trying to understand how that applies to what I am doing....I do appreciate the help here.
Just trying to find a solution here...

>From my main page I run a query in PHP that returns specific records
I then move to a different web page that has a couple frames.
I display the map in one frame and build a table in the 2nd frame that shows the results.
In the table I have a field that will zoom to and identify that feature in the main map

The only thing I am missing is after I run the query none of the parcels are highlighted in the map...
I want to create the table and highlight the returned parcels in the map...

Getting pretty confused right now...dont know the best way to accomplish this...going in 4 different directions right now..
The Query is being done in PHP, so I somehow need to take that result (comma delimited string) and get a the PID values from that to show up highlighted in my map..

Before I go on does anyone have a suggestion as to what would be the best course of action...
Like Steve said, Like I am doing...

Thanks Guys...you help is appreciated...

-----Original Message-----
From: Fawcett, David [mailto:David.Fawcett at state.mn.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:39 PM
To: Jay Kapalczynski; Steve Lime; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org; Paul T.' 'Moen
Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] RE: Highlight

Steve is using CGI MapServer instead of php.  

When you click on a station, you will notice that the outline of the
station turns yellow.  

Here is the URL to a tile with a highlighted symbol on it:
http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/mapserv52?map=/usr/local/mapserver/a
pps/waters/csg/csg.map&layers=active_site&map_transparent=true&id=0&mode
=map&map_imagetype=png&station=63023001&mapext=-27687.5+4793250+941687.5
+5480750&imgext=-27687.5+4793250+941687.5+5480750&map_size=705+500&imgx=
352.5&imgy=250&imgxy=705+500

Notice that he has a layer called 'active_site' and he is passing in the
station ID use in a class in that layer to turn only that feature
yellow.  

When no station is selected, no stations are drawn in the 'active_site'
layer.

David.

-----Original Message-----
From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jay
Kapalczynski
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:30 PM
To: 'Steve Lime'; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org; Paul T.' 'Moen
Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] RE: Highlight

Thanks....but little confused as to what I am look at...

How is this working?

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Lime [mailto:Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:02 PM
To: Jay Kapalczynski; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org; Paul T.' 'Moen
Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] RE: Highlight

This is probably too late to be of use but I've been using a highlight
layer to achieve this. The layer takes input from a URL so that layer
filter allows just the desired feature through. Works quite nicely and
is relatively simple to implement. Here's an OpenLayers site that uses
this:

  http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/csg/index_copy.html 

In this case the highlight is a separate layer but you could just as
easily return a single map.

Steve

>>> On 4/13/2009 at 11:17 AM, in message
<D7A5EAC385604446AB1DD24BF4F5A91841F1A74D7A at MG-Mail.ci.maple-grove.mn.us
>, Jay Kapalczynski <jkapalczynski at ci.maple-grove.mn.us> wrote:
> So say I have a Database that I am querying...
> I get the results back with a PID number (unique)
> This number exists in the Parcels Shapefile so I can go after that 
> field. I have a map file that is set up for the Parcels, but this is 
> just there to draw the Parcels... I assume that I would have to modify

> this one for this to work?
> 
> I am just a bit confused on how to get this to work...
> When I run the code that creates the Table below I want the parcels to

> also
> highlight in the map....
> 
> Attached is my code that I am using to get the resulting PID Values, 
> build
> the table, and populate the last frame showing the Comma Delimited
String.
> I just don't know how to apply that to my map?
> 
> I attached my code from my PHP page which I hope that someone can at 
> least
> put their eyes on...
> Towards to bottom you will see highlighted in RED the code that I am 
> building a comma delimited string to populate a variable with all the
PID 
> numbers...
> I assume that I would not need the comma delimited string as I could
place 
> the highlighting code inside the while loop to get the parcels
highlighted...
> I don't really know...
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> This inside the while loop????
> 
> $map = ms_newMapObj(PATH TO YOU MAPFILE);
> $qlayer = $map->$map->getLayerByName(NAME OF PARCEL LAYER); 
> $qlayer->queryByAttributes('PID','PID IN (MY COMMA DELIMITED STRING 
> VARIABLE')',MS_MULTIPLE); $img = $map->drawQuery();
> header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
> $img->saveImage("");
> 
> 
> [cid:image001.jpg at 01C9BC29.7A1ECE10]
> 
> From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Moen,
Paul T.
> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 3:15 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org 
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] RE: Highlight
> 
> 
> If the database that you are querying has the same attributes as the 
> shape
> file, you can query the Layer that points to the shape file and
display the 
> highlighted results on your map.  I know nothing about GeoMOOSE but I
know it 
> can be done with php-mapscript.
> 
> Regardless of what you are using, you need a map file layer for the 
> shape
> file with the parcels.
> You will then need to use php-mapscript to query that layer with
something 
> like
> $map = ms_newMapObj(PATH TO YOU MAPFILE);
> $qlayer = $map->$map->getLayerByName(NAME OF PARCEL LAYER);
> $qlayer->queryByAttributes('PID','PID IN (1,
2,7,9,23,87)',MS_MULTIPLE);
> You will then need to create the output image from query using
something 
> like
> $img = $map->drawQuery();
> header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
> $img->saveImage("");
> 
> I can't give you specifics without knowing how GeoMOOSE works, so the 
> best
> thing is to look at the documentation for GeoMOOSE if that is what you
are 
> using.
> 
> On 4/9/09 2:17 PM, "Jay Kapalczynski" 
> <jkapalczynski at ci.maple-grove.mn.us>
> wrote:
> Dang I misspoke...I am sorry...
> 
> I am querying a Database for records, these records have a PID (unique
> Number).
> These are the records that show up in the Table.
> 
> As this happens I have to take the results and run the query against 
> the
> parcels to get the features in the Shapefile, then highlight..
> 
> If that makes any sense...
> 
> If I am in a PHP file and have the records returned from the query
> (database)...what would I have to do next to take those records and
run a 
> query to highlight the parcels (PID to PID)?
> 
> Can all of this be accomplished in the PHP file?
> 
> Thanks...and sorry for my ignorance...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Moen,
Paul T.
> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:57 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org 
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] RE: Highlight
> 
> Set the mapfile QUERYMAP style to highlight 
> http://mapserver.org/mapfile/querymap.html.   Draw the map using
drawQuery() 
> instead of draw().
> 
> $img = $map->drawQuery();
> header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
> $img->saveImage("");
> 
> On 4/9/09 1:31 PM, "Jay Kapalczynski" 
> <jkapalczynski at ci.maple-grove.mn.us>
> wrote:
> Basically what I have is a query that runs on a shapefile...
> It returns the records into a table, which I then have the option to
zoom 
> to.
> 
> I am looking for a bit more....after I run the query (php) I want the
> returned records to highlight in the map...
> I can get the Unique identifier but don't know if I can write some
code in 
> PHP to highlight those features
> 
> I don't even know where to start here...
> 
> The query and returning records into the table, as well as, the zoom 
> to work
> great...just need the highlight part
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> From: Jay Kapalczynski
> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:03 PM
> To: 'mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org<mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org>
> <mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org> '
> Subject: Highlight
> 
> Any way to highlight a feature in my map in PHP?
> 
> I can grab a unique identifier but can figure out how to highlight 
> it...
> 
> THanks
> 
> 
> Paul
> 
> Paul
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