[OpenLayers-Users] Open Layers Selection Methods

[Bart van den Eijnden]

SelectFeature only works on OpenLayers.Layer.Vector. So vector layers only, no image layers.

I think what you are looking for is OpenLayers.Control.WMSGetFeatureInfo, but the real drill-down (on several services) is only available in OpenLayers trunk, see:

http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/2091

Ofcourse this will only work for services that support WMS (and the GetFeatureInfo request).

Best regards,
Bart

On Mar 11, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Chris Gountanis wrote:

> Hello
> 
> 
> I was playing with direct OL function "select: new OpenLayers.Control.SelectFeature" but there seems to be no example documentation on who to format what layers and what to return. I am getting errors and when I turn multiple on I don't know what to change as the documentation does not have a lot of examples.
> 
> Can this same selection code be used on any OpenLayers.Layer object brought in using the OL API? What I am asking is can the same code for selecting objects on the map be used for MapGuide, MapServer or ArcGIS Rest inserted layers?
> 
> Can anyone direct me to some nice examples on making sections on multiple layers or even a specified layer just to get me started please. The end result I would love to see code make selections on all layers drilling down through map even if the layer is not active or at scale. Please any help on this would really help me push OL as the solution for our map application.
> 
> Regards,
> Chris
> 
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