That looks perfect! Thanks for that tip.
David> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 07:42:48 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Selecting a country> CC:
[email protected]> > You should use the webservices at
http://www.geonames.org/export> > As example, I live here :-)>
http://ws.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceNameJSON?lat=37.867&lng=-5.6> > You can
make great things using this and an AJAX request.> Hope this helps.> > On Jan
7, 2008 7:05 AM, David Pruitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> > Well, there are
a few reasons why using MapServer is out of the question.> >> > 1. I am running
my mapping application on some server space that I have on> > the computer
science servers here on campus. Although I am granted server> > space, I
obviously have no ability to change the settings to Apache or put> > MapServer
into the cgi-bin of Apache. Therefore, although I can run PHP> > scripts (which
I do), running something like MapServer is out of the> > question.> >> > 2. I
am running Apache on my personal machine....and so of course I could> > install
MapServer on here, but my personal machine is not the "production> >
environment"...it is simply the testing environment. The production> >
environment is my server space on the CS servers - and if I can't run> >
MapServer on those servers, there is no point running it on my test server> >
(my personal computer).> >> > 3. Even if I did have access to a production
server where I could configure> > Apache how I wanted it to be - I am
completely unfamiliar with MapServer and> > WMS requests - although I am very
familiar with HTTP requests and networking> > in general. WMS is simply a
protocol I don't know. In addition, I don't> > know how to create a map that
would work with MapServer.> >> > Consequently:> >> > I am currently using the
free map available at:> >> > http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?> >> > Which
is also used in many of the OpenLayers demos. I am thinking, however,> > of
using Google Maps possibly, but I am not sure yet.> >> > So this is my dilemma:
Under these circumstances, how can I recognize which> > country a user has
clicked on the map?> >> > Several months ago at work I made a simple mapping
application in Flash (at> > which time I didn't even know OpenLayers or
MapServer existed). For that> > mapping application we simply overlayed an
image of each country on top of> > itself on the world map, and then the
overlayed image acted as a button -> > thus making it quite simple to tell
which country had been clicked. I was> > hoping to do something similar with
OpenLayers in this mapping application> > that I am currently building, but
using the "Features" in OpenLayers to> > create polygons that I could overlay
over each country - and essentially> > have each polygon act as a button so I
could tell which country had been> > clicked. I noticed however, that if I held
my mouse button down on one of> > these polygons, I could no longer pan around
the map...which is definitely a> > problem.> >> > How does the example map at
http://world.freemap.in/ accomplish this task?> > I looked at the code, and
although I am new to OpenLayers and this whole WMS> > thing...it seems like it
is making some WMS requests to a MapServer server.> >> > Thanks for any help.>
>> > David> >> > > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 06:42:27 +0100> > > From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users]
Selecting a country> > > CC: [email protected]> > >> > > On Jan 7, 2008 3:22
AM, David Pruitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > >> > > > Let's say I have a
user who is looking at my map, and clicks on a> > specific> > > > country. What
is the best way to recognize which country he clicked on?> > > >> > > > I
thought using features would be good, but a user can't pan around the> > map> >
> > if he/she is holding down the mouse button on a feature.> > > >> > > > Is
there any way to accomplish this WITHOUT using MapServer or GeoServer> > or> >
> > something of that sort?> > >> > > Hello> > >> > > If the countries aren't
rendered by the browser (and therefore you> > > don't have information about
these countries on the client side) then> > > you need to send a request to
some service to get information on the> > > clicked country. Have you had some
other solution in mind?> > >> > > --> > > Eric> >> >> >
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