[Qgis-developer] Layer Name and Title in QGIS Mapserver GetCapabilities response

[Ivan Minčík]

Andreas, thanks for your response. My comments are below:

On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Layer title and name are only the same if the title in the metadata is
> not set (see metadata tab of a layer). If you set the title in the
> metadata tab it will be different from the name in the GetCapabilities
> response.
>

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.


>
> Naming the same layer twice: it's just bad practice. Authors should not
> do that. Many plugins also rely on the fact that the same layer name
> does not appear multiple times (or how would you distinguish layers
> (e.g. in a combobox) if the same layer name is used multiple times?)
>
> I would just tell users: don't do that. It's your own fault if you do it.
>
>
I agree, but it would be fine if QGIS would deny to create layers with same
name, rather than to rely on user's decision.



> I wouldn't mind if you add the layer id in the GetProjectSettings
> command (in addition to layer and title, not instead of), but I don't
> think that the layer id's should be exposed in GetCapabilities.
>
>
OK, we are in process of preparing patch which will add multiple new
parameters to GetProjectSettings. We will include also layer ID.


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