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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi all,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Having a bit of a problem and hoping someone could help me
out</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ll give a bit of an explanation as to what I’m
doing first so things make more sense. I am trying to create a map that
can be used as a custom search tool for my companies web site. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>First what I was wondering is if there is a way for mapserver
to automatically color different shapefiles based on say 5 or 6 different color
values instead of having to do it manually (as I have about 21 main shapefiles
then anywhere from 10-20 shapefiles within those it will take me a long time to
code each one and make it look good)…but the coloring would have to be
based on cartography rules (no two colors should share a border).</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The second thing I need to do (and this is the more
important) is to have the user be able to select multiple shapefiles from those
visible on the screen (when the user zooms in the shapefiles within the larger
ones become visible but not until smallest extent is reached) and then be able
to click a “search” button and have the webserver send a message to
our database to return a result.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lastly what I am hoping to eventually be able to do is
create a network analysis type of application where a user can select one city
from a pull down list and then a second city and then click a calculate button
to give a result as to the distance between each (its for trucking so we can
figure out freight costs).</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For the multiple shapefile search I have gotten an answer already just
not sure how to properly impletment it in chameleon. This site: <a
href="http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/mapserv48?map=/usr/local/www/docs_maps/eco/rsg/search/search_example.map&qlayer=county&mode=nquery&searchmap=true">http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/mapserv48?map=/usr/local/www/docs_maps/eco/rsg/search/search_example.map&qlayer=county&mode=nquery&searchmap=true</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Has an example of a multiple search and been told I need to use a query
header, footer, and template file just not sure how to properly build these and
get them to work with my map. If anyone could help it would be
appreciated</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks,<br>
Matt</span></font></p>
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