[mapserver-users] getting the scale in a map file at runtime

Scott public at postholer.com
Sat Jun 4 08:29:25 PDT 2022


If you're using an SQL query in your map file and it's a WMS/WFS (maybe 
others) service, you can determine scale from !BOX!, %WIDTH%, %HEIGHT%.

To add to your question, I'd be curious to know does a resource exist 
that lists all '[var]' resources available to a map file at run time?


On 6/3/22 08:00, Richard Greenwood wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 8:43 AM Jörg Thomsen (WhereGroup) 
> <joerg.thomsen at wheregroup.com <mailto:joerg.thomsen at wheregroup.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Richard,
>     sorry, yes, sure...
> 
>     Perhaps you can use scaletoken? It's not the same as you are searching
>     for, but you could define a set of tolerance-values for different
>     scales.
> 
> 
> Yes - I had not thought of that. It might be a better way than what I 
> was trying to do. Thank you!
> 
> 
>     Am 03.06.22 um 16:21 schrieb Richard Greenwood:
>      >
>      >
>      > On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 8:00 AM Jörg Thomsen (WhereGroup)
>      > <joerg.thomsen at wheregroup.com
>     <mailto:joerg.thomsen at wheregroup.com>
>     <mailto:joerg.thomsen at wheregroup.com
>     <mailto:joerg.thomsen at wheregroup.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Hi,
>      >
>      >     what about:
>      > https://mapserver.org/mapfile/template.html#image-geometry
>     <https://mapserver.org/mapfile/template.html#image-geometry>
>      >     <https://mapserver.org/mapfile/template.html#image-geometry
>     <https://mapserver.org/mapfile/template.html#image-geometry>>
>      >     -> scaledenom
>      >
>      >     Doesn't work?
>      >
>      >
>      > Thanks, but no, it does not work. I'm trying to access the scale
>     in a
>      > map file, not in a template. Using square brackets [variable] is
>      > interpreted as a field name in the data, not as a runtime
>     variable. For
>      > example:
>      >    CLASS
>      >      STYLE
>      >        GEOMTRANSFORM (generalize([shape], [scaledenom]))
>      >        COLOR "#2AB1F7"
>      >      END
>      >    END
>      > returns the error:
>      > DBASE file error. Item 'scaledenom' not found.
>      >
>      >
>      >     Jörg
>      >
>      >
>      >     Am 03.06.22 um 15:45 schrieb Richard Greenwood:
>      >      > Can I get the current scale for use in a map file at runtime.
>      >      > Specifically, I'd like to use it in a geotransform
>     something like:
>      >      >     GEOMTRANSFORM (generalize([shape], [scale]))
>      >      > or more likely for use in an expression:
>      >      >     GEOMTRANSFORM (generalize([shape], [scale] / 100))
>      >      > Thanks
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