Tom, Mask layers can only reference layers by name, not by group. You might want to open an issue for this so this doesn't get forgotten, and/or contact me directly if this is a functionality you wanted to fund.
cheers, thomas On 1 November 2013 15:53, tellett <thomas.ell...@statkart.no> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was hoping someone could give me a yes or no answer to this question: > > Is it possible to use a 'GROUP' or 'WMS_LAYER_GROUP' layer as a mask for > another layer. > > For example > MAP > LAYER > Name 'Layer1' > ... > GROUP 'asmask' > END > > LAYER > Name 'Layer2' > ... > GROUP 'asmask' > END > > LAYER > Name 'Layer3' > ... > MASK 'asmask' > END > > END > > Or: > MAP > > LAYER > Name 'Layer1' > ... > 'WMS_LAYER_GROUP' 'Layer1' > END > > LAYER > Name 'Layer2' > ... > 'WMS_LAYER_GROUP' 'Layer1' > END > > LAYER > Name 'Layer3' > ... > MASK 'Layer1' > END > > END > > I'm just looking for a yes or no at the moment because I've been trying both > of these methods and neither are working but I'm also getting absolutely no > debug info. It looks as if 'Layer3' loads (3 or 4 second load time in the > log) but nothing is showing in the map at all. So its looks as if mapserver > fetches Layer3 but gets no data from the GROUP layer or WMS_GROUP_LAYER (and > no I'm not trying them at the same time :)). > > Any offers? > > Thanks > > Tom > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Using-a-group-layer-as-a-mask-layer-tp5086989.html > Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.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