Stephen Woodbridge writes: > Steve Hall wrote: > > > > Is it possible to restrict the users viewable extent of the map > > through the map file? For example, I have data loaded for > the whole > > of the country but I want it to be impossible for any > client tool to > > view data beyond a defined and fixed extent. > > > > The EXTENT parameters just seem to set the initial extent > and you can > > easily zoom out beyond this extent. > > > > I appreciate this is fairly easy to do through code but > though that if > > this was possible via a mapfile then it would be done at > the 'lowest' > > level... > > Yes, I believe you can do it by setting METADATA values for > the MAP object. I just check the mapfile reference and it is > not described there. Could you please write a documentation > bug to request all METADATA controls be documented.
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/web See MAXSCALE [double] Entry HTH Norman
