In mapserver 6, you can use any ogr outputformat, including geojson, without having to setup a template.
Mike -- Michael Smith US Army Corps Remote Sensing GIS/Center On 11/14/11 2:50 PM, "Fawcett, David (MPCA)" <david.fawc...@state.mn.us> wrote: >If you didn't need to use WFS and just wanted to do MapServer queries, >you could put together a template that would build you a list. Take a >look at the examples on this page: >http://mapserver.org/output/template_output.html > >The JSON example is probably the most applicable. > >Like others have mentioned, 500 data layers won't be efficient, so you >may want to explore other data organization ideas. > >David. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org >[mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Robert >Sanson >Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 6:34 PM >To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org; Peter Weilandt >Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Attribute query at geographic coordinate > >Hi Peter > >You will have to write some of the server-side code for saving the >results into a list, but the spatial query is called a GetFeatureInfo >request, which is part of the WMS spec, which Mapserver can do well. Here >is the format of a request: > >http://<myserver>/cgi-bin/mapserve.exe?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=G >etFeatureInfo&LAYERS=mapsheet&QUERY_LAYERS=mapsheet&INFO_FORMAT=text/plain >&SRS=EPSG:27200&BBOX=2435500,5843425,2437500,5845425&WIDTH=256&HEIGHT=256& >X=128&Y=128 > >Kind regards, > >Robert Sanson > >>>> Peter Weilandt <peterweila...@shaw.ca> 14/11/2011 1:07 p.m. >>> >I stumbled across MapServer in my search for a tool to use in a website. >I want to develop a website that will use a coordinate (lat & long), >which is easily obtained from a user on the client side by clicking on a >Google map, and then transferring this coordinate to the server side >where it will be used to sequentially query many (500+) shapefile polygon >layers, extracting the values from 2 fields from each layer at this >coordinate, saving these values in a list (Excel, textfile?), and then >using this list to return values to the user on the client side. This >sounds simple in concept, but is MapServer a tool that can accomplish >this and, if so, are there any examples showing the code to use for such >a query? > > > >This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for >the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us >immediately and then delete this email from your system. > >This message has been scanned for Malware and Viruses by Websense Hosted >Security. >www.websense.com >_______________________________________________ >mapserver-users mailing list >mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > >_______________________________________________ >mapserver-users mailing list >mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users