Hi,
Was wondering if anyone has seen/built an example of embedding (or overlaying)
a web form on top of a map.
Basically I want to be able to edit attributes of a feature right in the map.
Click the feature, and a form appears related to the actual feature. Labels
/FORM elements follow a polyline for example.
My first aplication will apply some Address range setting form elements to each
end of a line for editing. I’ve already figured out how to display the
elements in a raster output through Mapserver, but still pondering the web
(edit) form aspects.
Some initial thoughts:
* Could a output template be devised to output a rotated (CSS) web form
with the approriate pixel spacing of the elements right from Mapserver. I think
so, even so far as rotating individual form elements in the result. Seems like
a bit of an uphill battle though . . .
* Could a LandScape/Portrait FORM have a rotated background image applied
to it, based on the preplanned end point locations on the map. This actually
seems the quickest to implement, but I wonder if it helps at all with other
feature types, or if it would be specific to this first need. It would be nice
to implement a method for any feature type for example, like being able to edit
the edges of a polygon.
My first need:
[***] = FORM elements (attributes for editing)
[min_left_add] [street_name] [max_left_add]
O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O
<— line representation
[min_right_add] [street_type] [max_right_add]
or
O
[max_left_add] | [max_right_add]
|
|
|
|
[street_name] | [street_type]
|
|
|
|
[min_left_add] | [min_right_add]
O
Anyway still pondering . . . .
bobb
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