[Chameleon] switching views

[Paul Spencer]

Or the legend template could be set up to control groups and you  
could have two groups in your map file ...

Paul

On 8-Feb-06, at 10:06 AM, Julien-Samuel Lacroix wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Do you have a LegendTemplate widget in your application? This may  
> simplify the JavaScript to use.
>
> If you don't want to use JavaScript, I think it should be  
> relatively easy to build a simple and custom widget that simply  
> turn on/off the two layers via php/mapscript. You can check the web  
> documentation for examples of widget customization.
>
> Julien
>
> JR Santillan wrote:
>> Hello fellow chameleon users.
>>  I would to seek your help regarding turning on and off layers.
>> In my map, I am aiming to have two views: a graphical view  and an  
>> aerial view. How do I make it such that a user will only have to  
>> click a link in  the page and will transform  the view from a  
>> graphical one (shape files) to an aerial one  (aerial  
>> pphotograph). I have seen a campus map of MIT (http:// 
>> whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg <http://mail.up.edu.ph/horde/util/go.php? 
>> url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhereis.mit.edu%2Fmap- 
>> jpg&Horde=37be496d6af69b5651d122cd40b96a90>) that employs this  
>> kind of method.
>>  I believe the principle here is that I only have to turn off  the  
>> graphical layers and then
>> turn on the aerial photograph layer when the view is  switched...  
>> But how will I do it? How do I make a link in my html file that  
>> will turn on the photo  layer and turn off the
>> others, and vice versa?
>>  I tried having two sets of map files.. one for shape file  layers  
>> and the other for the
>> aerial photograph.. However, I think it was not useful  because  
>> when the view is switched, the scale at which the map is displayed  
>> before the switch was  not preserved.
>>  I consulted Jacob Delfos about this and he said the solution is  
>> though the use of javascripts. But I am nowhere at javascript.
>>  Please help.
>>  By the way I'm using MS4W.
>>  Thanks in advance.
>>    Regards,
>>   Jojin
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