[OpenLayers-Users] writing and saving text and then displaying it as a wfs layer

[Alauddin Khan]

hi
i got some idea about what to do now . but problem is can i pass a variable
as an attirbute to wfs layer ?? i mean i want to pass as an attribute
variable (style_text.label) which contains text tht i am getting. can it b
done ??and how ?

thanks

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Alexandre Dube <adube at mapgears.com> wrote:

> Alauddin,
>
>  Please, reply to the list as many other might be able to help you.
>
>  Please, take a look at the following example [1].  In it, you have a
> vector layer configured to a WFS-T server to allow transactions.  OpenLayers
> is responsible of generating the transaction by AJAX on commit.  Look at the
> code of the example for more.
>
>  If it can help, I also made a WFS-T little demo a year ago.  The
> OpenLayers version is outdated, but it might help too [2].  It uses TinyOWS
> as the WFS-T server (instead of GeoServer) though.
>
>  Hope it helps,
>
> Alexandre
>
>
> [1] http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/wfs-protocol-transactions.html
> [2] http://dev4.mapgears.com/bdga/bdgaWFS-T.html
>
> Alauddin Khan wrote:
>
>> sorry i am new to mapping and this openlayers geoserver thing so i could
>> not pick up wht u r saying what i really want is to let user write nething
>> i-e label comment joke etc etc on the  map displayed nd then save it,  add
>> it to database and latter on same text as displayed as a wfs layer . i mean
>> map is displayed as wms layer then we hav 3 layers  for point line and
>> polygon giving user capability to draw line polygon or point and save it now
>> i want to add another layer named as text layer which enables to write on
>> the map ne comments note or label etc which is u kno then saved can i do
>> this with open layers ? Mr imran rajjad from geoserver list suggested me
>> below four point strategy which i could not follow up completly his
>> suggestion was
>>
>> 1-create a shape file with point geometry and upload it on geoserver,make
>> sure you keep a field in the attributes for your label.
>> 2-write a function that takes  X,Y of click and the text you wish to
>> display
>> 3-insert that point where you clicked on map along with the text into the
>> shape file          4-create an SLD for this shape file in which you add
>> text symbolizer and set it to display the field containing you label.
>>  but i got stuck at point 3 .dont know how to move things forward. please
>> help thanks
>>
>> Regards
>> Alauddin
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Alexandre Dube <adube at mapgears.com<mailto:
>> adube at mapgears.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi,
>>
>>     Take a look at this example [1].  Labels are added to features as
>>    symbolizer properties, so you could set one of the feature's
>>    attribute as a value for your label by using ${name} (see the same
>>    example).
>>
>>     Hope this helps,
>>
>>    Alexandre
>>
>>    [1] http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/vector-features-with-text.html
>>
>>
>>    Alauddin Khan wrote:
>>
>>        hi ALL ,
>>                  hop u all fin and in good health. i want to  write
>>        text on my map ( may b some information about a place) and
>>        then save it so that next time i use my map the text is
>>        visible there . i know u can use wfs to add new features but
>>        how will i add text as a new wfs layer in geoserver
>>
>>        thanks
>>        Regards
>>        Alauddin
>>
>>
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