[OpenLayers-Users] WMS GetFeatureInfo results in new window

[Indika Tantrigoda]

Hi,
Maybe you could have a look at the SelectFeature control. I haven't tried
this on a wms layer.
I have tried this on a wfs layer. Works nicely.

Indika.

2008/11/21 Peter N. Schweitzer <pschweitzer at usgs.gov>

> I want to put the results of a WMS GetFeatureInfo into a new window.
> Instead of calling loadURL, I'm using open, like this
>
>  var url =  wms.getFullRequestString({
>    REQUEST: "GetFeatureInfo",
>    EXCEPTIONS: "application/vnd.ogc.se_xml",
>    BBOX: wms.map.getExtent().toBBOX(),
>    X: e.xy.x,
>    Y: e.xy.y,
>    INFO_FORMAT: 'text/html',
>    QUERY_LAYERS: wms.params.LAYERS,
>    WIDTH: wms.map.size.w,
>    HEIGHT: wms.map.size.h});
>  // OpenLayers.loadURL(url, '', this, setHTML);
>  open(url);
>
> This works well when the user has hit a feature.  For polygon data
> that is easy for users, because polygons are normally large.  But for
> point features, it is more likely that the user will "miss"--click on
> a place that does not select a feature.  My simple code still opens a
> new window, which is now empty, leaving a confused and frustrated user.
>
> What might I do differently so that a feature miss would not result
> in an empty new window?
>
> The interface is at http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mineral-resources/ardf.html
>
> Peter
> --
> Peter N. Schweitzer (MS 954, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192)
> (703) 648-6533  FAX: (703) 648-6252  email: pschweitzer at usgs.gov
> <http://geology.usgs.gov/peter/>
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