[OpenLayers-Dev] List of Layers

[Antonio]

Yes  Brad  , that is what I need, just to know all the layers available 
in that site ( that is just my site not any site )
Sure I will use getCapabilities request to catch them using a external 
php call.

Thanks

Antonio


bradleyspencer wrote:
> If the site were an OGC compliant site he could use the getCapabilities
> request to generate a XML file and parse it to determine all the layers at a
> particular OGC Server? Binding that with the particular request would not be
> too hard inside JS.
> I assume he would like this feature as a OL service that say produced a
> select box of layers from that site. Many OGC clients do this.
>
> Just a thought :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brad Spencer
> General Manager
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Schmidt [mailto:crschmidt at metacarta.com]
> Sent: Friday, 16 March 2007 8:20 AM
> To: Antonio
> Cc: dev at openlayers.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] List of Layers
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 09:52:57PM +0100, Antonio wrote:
>   
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I didn't find any method to get info about the layers available on my
>> mapfile, something that say me how many and how they are named.
>>     
>
> OpenLayers doesn't talk to the map server you are using to learn about
> the layers. You need to specify the layers in the javascript setup for
> your OpenLayers Map.
>
>   
>> I can just load a layer from a WMS server specifying a layer name.
>> Have I to use some php/java scripts to do that, or I am not  looking in
>> the right place?
>>     
>
> The functionality that you are looking for does not exist in OpenLayers.
> Where possible, OpenLayers has taken a 'you can't talk to the server'
> approach due to the Same Origin Policy. [1]
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy
>
> Regards,
> --
> Christopher Schmidt
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