[OpenLayers-Users] Classic GIS Info tool

[Richard Greenwood]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:25 AM,  <jegou at univ-tlse2.fr> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm using OpenLayers to build a geodata exploring map : several layers
> of polygons and points, with attributes data.
>
> To show those attributes to the visitor, i'd like to offer an Info
> tool, the classic "I" icon tool on our desktop GIS.
>
> I've tested the SelectFeature control, but it's only returning one
> feature at a time.
>
> I've seen the GetFeatureInfo control, but it's reserved to WFS
> datasources (i may be wrong), and i'm using a KML source (generated
> from PostGIS tables).
>
> I've also seen the GetFeature control from the trunk version docs :
> http://dev.openlayers.org/docs/files/OpenLayers/Control/GetFeature-js.html
>
> But i'm lost at testing it. Anyone has an example of it's use ?
>
> Another solution could be generating the on click features list by
> postgis, but it seems slow and counter-intuitive (the features are
> already client side).
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Laurent Jégou
> Dept. of Geography / Univ. Toulouse-2

Here is an example of a 'classic' GIS interface that I built. The Info
Tool selects from multiple layers. It can also be dragged to select
multiple features from the same layer:
  http://www.co.sweet.wy.us/mapserver/map.html

Regards,
Rich

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Richard Greenwood
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www.greenwoodmap.com