If you are checking out postgis tutorials, you might want to look at the 2007 workshop Paul did of similar vain. The way you do things in PostGIS and Mapserver has changed a bit between 2005 and 2007 so you might develop some bad habits looking at the older tutorial.
http://www.foss4g2007.org/workshops/W-04/ Hope that helps, Regina -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fawcett, David Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:42 AM To: Timothy Mashford; [email protected] Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] Advice for MapServer project Tim, Take a look at the PostGIS workshop from the 2005 conference. http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/community/conferences/MUM3/workshop/postgis / Paul did an excellent job with it and I still think that it is a great primer. David. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Timothy Mashford Sent: Wed 2/27/2008 1:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Advice for MapServer project Thanks to everyone for their input. I have seen OpenLayers, I am not sure it is suitable as I really require a zoom-box tool (not shift-click), and also a separate layer control. I have found GeoMoose to be fairly slow(?), and also full of features I don't require (e.g. slide zoom), although I guess these could be removed. The Morton County example is good. The reason I was thinking dbox.js was that it is fast & simple. But once I get up to that stage I will investigate all options. Can someone just help me understand how the postgresql database could be queried for data within a specific date range? I am thinking that the user could specify the dates in an initialisation page, and these dates could then be stored at hidden CGI variables (or javascript variables?). But if the data sources are specified in the mapfile, how do I pass the dates to postgresql? Sorry if my lack of knowledge is showing... Thanks again for the responses. Tim Mashford. _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ----------------------------------------- The substance of this message, including any attachments, may be confidential, legally privileged and/or exempt from disclosure pursuant to Massachusetts law. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
