[OpenLayers-Users] Recovery information from a SHP file

[Greg Allensworth]

On 1/4/2012 4:22 AM, Juan Jesús Cremades Monserrat wrote:
> I've created an application where there is the next code:
> Now, I want when some user click's in one of this poins, he
> can read a message with the name of the city.

I would use the Control.WMSGetFeatureInfo, rather than your own custom 
click handler. It should do exactly what you want, and save you a fair 
amount of typing.

http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/getfeatureinfo-control.html

http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/getfeatureinfo-popup.html

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