[OpenLayers-Users] search/query

[Pierre GIRAUD]

There is an example with OpenLayers implementation you should be aware of :
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/getfeatureinfo.html

It's a basic example on how to use the getFeatureInfo WMS request on
top of OpenLayers.

Regards,
Pierre

On Nov 8, 2007 2:24 PM, Lance Dyas <lancelot at inetnebr.com> wrote:
> R. Ortner wrote:
> > actually I´m loading point, line, and polygon features via wms into my map
> > (ArcIMS Server). It´s also possible to load a few layers via ka-map (from an
> > PostGIS DB) into my map.
> > Now I´d like to query e.g. the point features by clicking on them and/or
> > searching for them.
> >
> > It should work like that site with the "I" button and the seach bar I found
> > today:
> > http://www.microimages.com/ogc/maps/nebraskaopen.htm?
> >
> >
> I'm the developer who created the above.
> Perhaps I can help (and maybe we can make it more generally useful)
>
> The informational uses GetFeatureInfo  Requests from the WMS
>
> The search function is implemented via JSON from geonames.org
> which will get you the places in a generalized sense but not exactly the
> features.
>
>
>
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