Hello,

Ah geological maps! I've solved this problem using many layers and
organising them into a hierarchical tree menu (one pro age, unit, etc.)
turning them on/off. But having 500+ classes is still a big trouble.

Regards

Marc Monnerat



Troppenhagen wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> currently I am working on a PHP-Mapscript to display a legend for a 
> geological map. In general it's nothing to speak of, but geological maps 
> often have plenty of classes in a layer (the one I'm working on has 182) and 
> a legend containing all of them would be really huge. It is my intention to 
> have the legend only show the classes resp. legend items currently visible 
> inside the actual map extend but I found no way to manage it without 
> MapScript. Only at one place I found a hint to that feature: Bug # 750. I can 
> imagine the needs for such MapServer feature is growing. Does anyone have an 
> idea if this will be implemented in the near future ?
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Horst
> 
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