All good advice, but unfortunately not so easy to take advantage of in our environment.
We allow all visible layers to be queried. This is why we prefer GetFeatureInfo to WFS, since it's sensitive to scale limits. The propertynames option is one way to do this, but we have hundreds of layers, so this would involve a large amount of client-side configuration. And that configuration is brittle - we don't totally control the map servers, and if a property name changes then the request will fail (I think...) A new vendor option of "geometry=none|bbox" would work well for us, since it offers maximum flexibility for minimum configuration. ESRI sometimes has good ideas.... 8^) On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Phil Scadden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would say take a leaf from ESRI REST services and add > > ReturnGeometry=true/false to getFeatureInfo would be a good extension to > > the WMS format. If you dont really need to execute against multiple > > layers, then consider using WFS getFeature instead where you can specify > > propertynames. ( My maps have the concept of "active layer" for use in > > all searching, hover controls etc.) > Actually, I see that propertynames (exclude the shape from list) is a > geoserver vendor option for single layer getFeatureInfo. If using OL, > you would need to make sure that is in the options parameter for the > control, rather than using the propertyNames parameter of the > getFeatureInfo control (which filters the fields AFTER the call). > returnGeometry=true/false would be a better extension however because it > would with multiple layers. > > -- > Phil Scadden, Senior Scientist GNS Science Ltd 764 Cumberland St, > Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand Ph +64 3 4799663, fax +64 3 477 > 5232 > > Notice: This email and any attachments are confidential. > If received in error please destroy and immediately notify us. > Do not copy or disclose the contents. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users >
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