[mapserver-users] img.x versus map.x
Mike Smith
nospam@cnrit.tamu.edu
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:16:55 -0500
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
This fixed it! I knew it was something simple, but I had no idea that
the name of my image was important! I guess I'm just a little lacking
on understanding the depths of how HTML forms work.
Thanks a ton! What a great development community Mapserver has!
TCHaddad wrote:
>The URL is being formed by your browser, not Mapserver. So the problem is in the page that you have you form in.
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>did you give your form <input type="image" name="map"> ?
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>if so then change to name="img" and the URL should get formed correctly, and mapserver will get the values it needs from the correctly named element.
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>hope this helps,
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>TH
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>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Mike Smith <nospam@cnrit.tamu.edu>
>Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:08:28 -0500
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>>Hello listers,
>>
>> Sorry to sound like a broken record, but I can't seem to get past
>>this seemingly elementary problem! I still can't get my image to zoom
>>or pan to the point of my mouse click...it only zooms in to the center
>>of the image and panning is totally disabled. Thanks to several of you
>>for offering suggestions, but nothing has worked so far. I'm right on
>>the edge of uncovering the problem, but can't seem to figure out where a
>>certain mapserver CGI variable is coming from...here's what I've got:
>>
>>when I click on my main image, my page reloads and zoomin occurs, but
>>only to the center of my image, not to the point that I clicked on. I
>>see in the URL of my browser that the actual coordinates of my mouse
>>clicks are showing up, however, unlike the Itasca demo and other working
>>Mapserver pages I've seen, my mouse click coordinates are showing up in
>>the following format:
>>
>>..../cgi-bin/mapserv?map.x=214&map.y=43.....
>>
>>now if I go into the URL field and change the above "map.x" and "map.y"
>>to "img.x" and "img.y" respectively, then reload the URL...BOOM! My
>>image shows up zoomed to the right factor and centered on the point I
>>had clicked on.
>>
>>Here's my question: How come I get "map.x" and "map.y" when I click my
>>image? If these were "img.x" and "img.y" then everything would be
>>working...why is my mapserv CGI program inserting the wrong CGI variable
>>names? If I can only get it to insert the mouse coordinates as "img.x"
>>and "img.y" values, I'll be working just fine!
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your help!
>>
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!<br>
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This fixed it! I knew it was something simple, but I had no idea that the
name of my image was important! I guess I'm just a little lacking on understanding
the depths of how HTML forms work.<br>
<br>
Thanks a ton! What a great development community Mapserver has!<br>
<br>
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TCHaddad wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">The URL is being formed by your browser, not Mapserver. So the problem is in the page that you have you form in.<br><br>did you give your form <input type="image" name="map"> ?<br><br>if so then change to name="img" and the URL should get formed correctly, and mapserver will get the values it needs from the correctly named element.<br><br>hope this helps,<br><br>TH<br><br><br><br>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------<br>From: Mike Smith <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nospam@cnrit.tamu.edu"><nospam@cnrit.tamu.edu></a><br>Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:08:28 -0500<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">Hello listers,<br><br> Sorry to sound like a broken record, but I can't seem to get past <br>this seemingly elementary problem! I still can't get my image to zoom <br>or pan to the point of my mouse click...it only zooms in to the center <br>of the image and panning is totally disabled. Thanks to several of you <br>for offering suggestions, but nothing has worked so far. I'm right on <br>the edge of uncovering the problem, but can't seem to figure out where a <br>certain mapserver CGI variable is coming from...here's what I've got:<br><br>when I click on my main image, my page reloads and zoomin occurs, but <br>only to the center of my image, not to the point that I clicked on. I <br>see in the URL of my browser that the actual coordinates of my mouse <br>clicks are showing up, however, unlike the Itasca demo and other working <br>Mapserver pages I've seen, my mouse click coordinates are showing up in <br>the following format:<br><br>..../cgi-bin/mapser
v?map.x=214&map.y=43.....<br><br>now if I go into the URL field and change the above "map.x" and "map.y" <br>to "img.x" and "img.y" respectively, then reload the URL...BOOM! My <br>image shows up zoomed to the right factor and centered on the point I <br>had clicked on.<br><br>Here's my question: How come I get "map.x" and "map.y" when I click my <br>image? If these were "img.x" and "img.y" then everything would be <br>working...why is my mapserv CGI program inserting the wrong CGI variable <br>names? If I can only get it to insert the mouse coordinates as "img.x" <br>and "img.y" values, I'll be working just fine!<br><br>Thanks in advance for your help!<br><br><br><br><br></pre>
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