Hello everybody,

I ended up creating a new OpenLayers vector layer and added the features 
from my multiple WFS layers to this layer, using the layer.addFeatures 
method. This works well enough, I draw only the new layer in the map and 
the features are combined on the map as well as in the data grid. I 
think the main problem with this approach is data redundancy.

Greetings,
Frans

On 2010-09-23 10:53, Frans Knibbe wrote:
>    Hello Andreas,
>
> Thanks again. I should explain here also that I want to combine data
> from different WFSes. I have multiple WFS layers using exactly the same
> feature type. So yes, they will have the same attribute fields.
>
> You seem to confirm that I can't use GeoExt.data.FeatureStore in my
> case. So one option is the resort to Ext.data.Store. But then I would
> have to write all the nice interaction with the layers myself. The
> layers use a BBOX strategy, so the feature collection changes after each
> change of the map extent. This has to be reflected in the GridPanel
> too.  Also, I would like to have bidirectional feature highlighting
> (selecting a feature in the map highlights the feature in the GridPanel
> and vice versa). These things work 'out of the box' when a
> GeoExt.data.FeatureStore is used with a single layer. The prospect of
> having to create this myself with an Ext.data.Store is daunting (for
> someone with my limited level of experise). Therefore I thought I could
> try merging the layers into one layer using OpenLayers functionality.
> The merged layer could then be associated with a FeatureStore and a
> GridPanel. Which is the best approach in your opinion?
>
> Regards,
> Frans
>
>
> On 2010-09-23 9:04, Andreas Hocevar wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> note that your merging approach will only work if the features of all your 
>> layers have the same attribute fields.
>>
>> For the merging itself, if you use WFS, it will be enough to configure the 
>> WFS protocol of your vector layer with a list of feature types.
>>
>> Synchronisation between GeoExt.data.FeatureStore and features only works 
>> with one layer, because the store has to listen to events of the layer. 
>> However, it should be easy to create an Ext.data.Store instance with 
>> GeoExt.data.FeatureRecord records and keep it in sync with multiple layers 
>> by just registering the appropriate event handlers on all layers 
>> (featuresadded, featuresremoved, featuremodified) and the store (load, 
>> clear, add, remove, update).
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Andreas.
>>
>> On Sep 22, 2010, at 17:17 , Frans Knibbe wrote:
>>
>>>    Hello,
>>>
>>> I am really having trouble getting this to work. My idea was to create a
>>> GeoExt.data.FeatureStore using the 'features' configuration option
>>> instead of the 'layers' option, with the features being a concatenated
>>> array of features from multiple layers. But that only works when the
>>> store is created. I want to have the store synchronized with the
>>> features on the map. I could not find a way to change the data in the
>>> FeatureStore when it is not coupled with a layer.
>>>
>>> So now I want to try creating a merged layer in OpenLayers and use that
>>> in the FeatureStore...
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Frans
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2010-09-14 15:22, Frans Knibbe wrote:
>>>>     On 2010-09-08 15:55, "Michael Prieß" wrote:
>>>>> Hello Frans,
>>>>>
>>>>> have you found a solution to sync a GeoExt.data.FeatureStore with 
>>>>> multiple layers ?
>>>> Not yet, I got distracted by other matters. But I will report my
>>>> findings in this list.
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael Prieß
>>>>>
>>>>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>>>>> Datum: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:26:25 +0200
>>>>>> Von: Frans Knibbe<[email protected]>
>>>>>> An: "[email protected]"<[email protected]>
>>>>>> Betreff: [Users] FeatureStore with features from multiple layers
>>>>>>      Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to have a Ext.grid.GridPanel displaying data from multiple
>>>>>> WFS layers. I know these WFS use the same schema, so there should be no
>>>>>> conflict in data definitions. To populate the GridPanel I guess I need a
>>>>>> GeoExt.data.FeatureStore. Is it possible to populate a FeatureStore with
>>>>>> data from multiple vector layers? If so, how would I go about doing that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Frans
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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