[Chameleon] switching views

[JR Santillan]

Julien and Paul, thanks.
   
  How do I set up the legend template to control groups? What should be added in my map file so that I can have to groups?
   
  Thanks. 

Paul Spencer <pspencer at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
  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 >> 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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