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