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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">I'm interested in the MapFile making abilities, but the importing of the map view from our systems is the higher priority (first). :c)</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Maybe the Openlayers importing would only be intended for display purposes. For example, a OpenLayers (like Dialog in place of the WMS connector) would be easier to teach others to use for grabbing layers and pulling them into QGIS for example, a Radio button / checkbox per layer??. Does this make it easier, or harder?</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">bobb</font> </p>
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>>> Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml@sourcepole.com> wrote:<br> </p>
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Bob,<br><br>Am Montag, 11. Juli 2011, 23.10:01 schrieb Bob Basques:<br>> Pirmin,<br>><br>> I've tried the MAPFILE maker in the past (not recently). It seemed to work<br>> ok at the time I tried it.<br><br>I'm not sure, we're talking about the same plugin. My on is titeled "Mapfile<br>tools" in the plugin installer.<br><br>><br>> I'm more interested in going in the other direction though, something<br>> similar to the WMS importing, but with better user control over how things<br>> look in the mapping interface.<br>><br>> This may sound like a weird request/idea, but what about embedding a<br>> OpenLayers (like) view inside of the MapView in QGIS? Or even a mechanism<br>> for importing any Web Based mapping system (mapview aspects, really only<br>> need to translate the projection of QGIS to the mapping interface view)<br>> into the Map view window of QGIS?<br>><br>> Our MapServer implementation looks like this currently:<br>> <a href="http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/gis/gismo_public/html/">http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/gis/gismo_public/html/</a><br>><br>> And a Simple OpenLayers version of the same data might look like this:<br>> <a href="http://pwultra5.ci.stpaul.mn.us/ol/ol.05.html">http://pwultra5.ci.stpaul.mn.us/ol/ol.05.html</a><br>><br>> I'm interested in any ideas related to importing MapServer services into<br>> QGIS with similar easier to use, user controls.<br><br><br>Since OpenLayers actually supports native UMN MS control, including such a<br>layer in the OpenLayers plugin (http://hub.qgis.org/projects/openlayers) could<br>be an option.<br>The problem with adding additional user controls is, that you have to redirect<br>mouse clicks on the map canvans to openlayers.<br><br>Pirmin<br><br>><br>> NOTE: BTW, while this seems like a left hand idea, I do something similar<br>> for importing these same data into Our AutoCAD workstations as well. QGIS<br>> with the same capability would round things out very nicely in the Open<br>> Source side of things.<br>><br>> Thanks<br>><br>> bobb<br>><br>> >>> Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml@sourcepole.com> wrote:<br>> Bob,<br>><br>> Am Montag, 11. Juli 2011, 22.12:25 schrieben Sie:<br>> > Pirmin,<br>> ><br>> > Yes, I have the WMS side of things working already against our server,<br>> > but it's a bit cumbersome to teach folks how to use via the WMS methods.<br>> > I'm wondering about what it would take to build in MapServer CGI<br>> > connectivity in some form. Is there a path to look at that could<br>> > replicate MapScript or PERL for assembling the MapServer CGI calls? The<br>> > WMS controls are not very adaptable to our 300 plus layer setup either.<br>><br>> If you're running Linux, the UMN Mapserver plugin could be interesting for<br>> you:<br>> <a href="http://hub.qgis.org/projects/qgis-mapfile-tools/wiki">http://hub.qgis.org/projects/qgis-mapfile-tools/wiki</a><br>> It renders UMN map files with Python MapScript.<br>><br>> Pirmin<br>><br>> > One other thing I've not had much success in implementing via WMS is the<br>> > legend creation for layers, there does not seem to be much flexibility<br>> > with regard to legend generation, if at all, with WMS (at least not for<br>> > myself).<br>> ><br>> > Thanks for the information.<br>> ><br>> > bobb<br>> ><br>> > >>> Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml@sourcepole.com> wrote:<br>> > Hi Bob,<br>> ><br>> > You can use UMN Mapserver CGI as WMS. This is supported. Using the UMN<br>> > specific CGI parameters is not supported.<br>> ><br>> > Regards<br>> > Pirmin<br>> ><br>> > Am Montag, 11. Juli 2011, 21.41:05 schrieb Bob Basques:<br>> > > All,<br>> > ><br>> > > Can QGIS make calls to MapServer CGI direclty, out of the box?<br>> > ><br>> > > Thanks<br>> > ><br>> > > bobb<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Pirmin Kalberer<br>> > Sourcepole - Linux & Open Source Solutions<br>> > <a href="http://www.sourcepole.com">http://www.sourcepole.com</a><br>><br>> --<br>> Pirmin Kalberer<br>> Sourcepole - Linux & Open Source Solutions<br>> <a href="http://www.sourcepole.com">http://www.sourcepole.com</a><br><br><br>--<br>Pirmin Kalberer<br>Sourcepole - Linux & Open Source Solutions<br><a href="http://www.sourcepole.com">http://www.sourcepole.com</a><br>
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