[OpenLayers-Users] OL 2.10 - Vector layer will not render
Mark K. Zanfardino
mzanfardino at gmail.com
Wed Jun 8 14:38:01 EDT 2011
Firstly, thank you Alexandre for helping to point me to the right point
in the source. I had been debugging with firebug and was able to locate
the point at which the points were being parsed in OL.Format.GML.v3.js,
but was stumped as to why the layer.features continued to remain empty.
Secondly, it appears this problem existed at two separate points. The
first point was that I was not specifying the geometryName in my initial
script. Since my geometry name was not "the_geom" (which is the default
value according to the OL docs) but "msGeometry" the features where not
found.
When I added the geometryName property I also (foolishly) added a
"version" property and set this to 1.1.0. At this point, when I stepped
through the code I could clearly see the points being parsed, but no
features were found and thus none were rendered.
After removing the "versions" property the features were parsed and
rendered as expected. I'm not sure why I added the "version" property,
but clearly this is what was preventing the features from being properly
parsed once I had the correct geometryName defined.
Thanks again Alexandre for your insight into the added metadata for the
map file. I will explore that option as well and see which makes my
life easier.
Cheers!
Mark K. Zanfardino
On 06/08/2011 08:47 AM, Alexandre Dube wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This seems to be a matter of feature namespace. In OpenLayers, XML
> is read using the namespaces of a node as the way to detect the
> according reader for it. If not set in the protocol, OpenLayers sets
> "feature" as default prefix for feature nodes. In MapServer, the
> default value outputed in the GML is "ms" as you can see in yours.
> You can either adjust OpenLayers to your MapServer settings [1] or the
> opposite [2] in order to read the nodes accordingly.
>
> [1] set feature prefix and namespace in your protocol (OpenLayers)
> according to MapServer settings
>
> protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS({
> url: mapPath,
> featureType: "tenszones",
> featurePrefix: "ms",
> featureNS: "http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mapserver"
> }),
>
> [2] or set your feature namespace to OpenLayers default value in your
> mapfile (in your MAP, METADATA tag):
>
> "wfs_namespace_prefix" "feature"
> "wfs_namespace_uri" "http://localhost"
>
> Before making any changes, you could use firebug with an uncompressed
> version of OpenLayers (2.10) and set a breakpoint in
> ./lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML.js on line 621 :
> var group = this.readers[node.namespaceURI ?
> this.namespaceAlias[node.namespaceURI]: this.defaultPrefix];
>
> Inspect the elements there until you reach your node that doesn't get
> read properly and you'll see why it isn't and how it works as well.
>
> HTH,
>
> Alexandre
>
>
> On 11-06-08 11:12 AM, Mark K. Zanfardino wrote:
>> OpenLayers version 2.10
>> MapServer version 5.6.6
>>
>> Goal: Render vector layer based on WFS protocol
>>
>> I'm trying to understand why a vector layer will not render on my
>> map. I can clearly see the layer in the layerSwitcher control so I
>> presume the layer is being presented, but there are no actual
>> features rendered.
>>
>> The vector layer is defined using a WFS protocol:
>>
>> tens = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("TENS",
>> {
>> strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX()],
>> protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS({
>> url: mapPath,
>> featureType: "tenszones",
>> }),
>> styleMap: new OpenLayers.StyleMap({
>> strokeWidth: 3,
>> strokeColor: "#333333"
>> }),
>> filter: new OpenLayers.Filter.Logical({
>> type: OpenLayers.Filter.Logical.NOT,
>> filters: [
>> new OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison({
>> type: OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison.EQUAL_TO,
>> property: "name",
>> value: "County0"
>> })
>> ]
>> })
>> },
>> {
>> isBaseLayer: false,
>> buffer: 0
>> }
>> );
>>
>> When I watch the page load I can clearly see the XML results from the
>> WFS call (see XML output) but no features are rendered on the map.
>> I'm following from the 'WFS Protocol and Filter' example. Any help
>> would be appreciated.
>>
>> <?xml version='1.0' encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
>> <wfs:FeatureCollection
>> xmlns:ms="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mapserver"
>> xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"
>> xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
>> xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>> xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/wfs
>> http://schemas.opengis.net/wfs/1.0.0/WFS-basic.xsd
>> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mapserver
>> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/mark/htdocs/sandbox/contra_costa/mapdata/cws.map&SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=1.0.0&REQUEST=DescribeFeatureType&TYPENAME=tenszones&OUTPUTFORMAT=XMLSCHEMA">
>> <gml:boundedBy>
>> <gml:Box srsName="EPSG:4326">
>> <gml:coordinates>-122.430673,37.902872
>> -121.783758,38.058186</gml:coordinates>
>> </gml:Box>
>> </gml:boundedBy>
>> <gml:featureMember>
>> <ms:tenszones fid="tenszones.2">
>> <gml:boundedBy>
>> <gml:Box srsName="EPSG:4326">
>> <gml:coordinates>-121.882119,38.004151
>> -121.822493,38.034986</gml:coordinates>
>> </gml:Box>
>> </gml:boundedBy>
>> <ms:msGeometry>
>> <gml:Polygon srsName="EPSG:4326">
>> <gml:outerBoundaryIs>
>> <gml:LinearRing>
>> <gml:coordinates>-121.826546,38.024671 -121.825545,38.018151
>> -121.822493,38.015989 -121.832033,38.004151 -121.847393,38.007365
>> -121.876296,38.018261 -121.875579,38.022347 -121.882119,38.024341
>> -121.880209,38.032456 -121.878309,38.034986 -121.826546,38.024671
>> </gml:coordinates>
>> </gml:LinearRing>
>> </gml:outerBoundaryIs>
>> </gml:Polygon>
>> </ms:msGeometry>
>> <ms:gid>2</ms:gid>
>> <ms:area>0.00104289122555201</ms:area>
>> <ms:perimeter>0.147388060113902</ms:perimeter>
>> <ms:name>DOW0</ms:name>
>> </ms:tenszones>
>> </gml:featureMember>
>> <gml:featureMember>
>> <ms:tenszones fid="tenszones.3">
>> <gml:boundedBy>
>> <gml:Box srsName="EPSG:4326">
>> <gml:coordinates>-121.837932,37.999340
>> -121.819430,38.024672</gml:coordinates>
>> </gml:Box>
>> </gml:boundedBy>
>> <ms:msGeometry>
>> <gml:Polygon srsName="EPSG:4326">
>> <gml:outerBoundaryIs>
>> <gml:LinearRing>
>> <gml:coordinates>-121.826535,38.024672 -121.819800,38.022000
>> -121.819430,38.004870 -121.821310,37.999340 -121.837932,38.003598
>> -121.836350,38.005070 -121.832027,38.004150 -121.822495,38.015991
>> -121.825510,38.018100 -121.826535,38.024672 </gml:coordinates>
>> </gml:LinearRing>
>> </gml:outerBoundaryIs>
>> </gml:Polygon>
>> </ms:msGeometry>
>> <ms:gid>3</ms:gid>
>> <ms:area>0.000183226789886248</ms:area>
>> <ms:perimeter>0.0794914873797834</ms:perimeter>
>> <ms:name>DOW1</ms:name>
>> </ms:tenszones>
>> </gml:featureMember>
>> </wfs:FeatureCollection>
>>
>>
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