There is a queryByPoint code example here (before last paragraph): http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/javamapscript
HTH, Umberto On Nov 13, 2007 8:46 PM, Jeresin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all > > (insert usual sorry-I'm-a-newbie-I-don't-know-what-I'm-doing drivel here) > > OK, with that out the way, on to business. Notwithstanding the vast > non-existence of useful Java tutorials on the web, I was able to slap > together a rather nice desktop app with most of the bells and whistles one > would expect...except for the fact that I don't know where or how to obtain > the information (metadata?) associated with shapes. I can query my layers by > point, but the TEMPLATE throws me...that works well with the web-based maps > but not with a stand-alone desktop app. > > The info I want, for instance the names and populations of towns, are all in > a similarly named dbf file as the shp file. I don't want to distribute the > data into a database, nor do I want to fetch an index from the layer and use > a non-proprietary java library to break open the dbf to match the data > contained therein with my index. > > So, my question, how would I interrogate shapes (using queryLayerByPoint) in > a desktop app? > > Thanks in advance for your assistance in this regard. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Java-Mapserver-app---queryLayerByPoint.-How--tf4800141.html#a13733184 > Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
