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Info Area Tool Requested

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  • Type: Wish Wish
  • Status: Analysis Analysis
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: UDIG 0.8
  • Fix Version/s: UDIG 1.4.1
  • Component/s: tools and editing
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  • Environment:
    all

Description

The "Information" tool only lets you click a point. It should allow you to select a box (give me information for the feature in this box).

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Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. UDIG-240 Info tool hits all layers, and has a whacky bounding box

  • Major - Major loss of function.
  • Closed - The issue is considered finished, the resolution is correct. Issues which are not closed can be reopened.

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Jody Garnett added a comment -
about the info tool select box.
I can't do that due to WMS spec (it is a point at something and ask "what is this")
Already had the request to change the cursor to a "pointer" so users don't expect to be able to draw a box.

Q: can Arc* do a info using a box?
Note we could try tricking the wms, define a "Screen" the size of the "box" with w=1 and h=1 and ask for the pixel.

Is it worth it to make the above hack? I kind of wanted the info toool to be a simple example (and not contain hacks).

We will change the cursor (to be a pointer) for the info tool, and leave this issue as a wish for a new tool.
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Jody Garnett added a comment - about the info tool select box. I can't do that due to WMS spec (it is a point at something and ask "what is this") Already had the request to change the cursor to a "pointer" so users don't expect to be able to draw a box. Q: can Arc* do a info using a box? Note we could try tricking the wms, define a "Screen" the size of the "box" with w=1 and h=1 and ask for the pixel. Is it worth it to make the above hack? I kind of wanted the info toool to be a simple example (and not contain hacks). We will change the cursor (to be a pointer) for the info tool, and leave this issue as a wish for a new tool.
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Jody Garnett added a comment -
Experiments with using a single pixel the size of the indicated box with a wms still result in a single point request (richard can tell us the server that did this).

The info for an area tool is currently handled by selection. If we had such a tool would we be able to explain how it is different from selection?

At the very least it is only going to work on feature information (not wms).

Dave your call on this if you think info area is the same as selection, close and resolve this issue. If you still want it we can leave it open.
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Jody Garnett added a comment - Experiments with using a single pixel the size of the indicated box with a wms still result in a single point request (richard can tell us the server that did this). The info for an area tool is currently handled by selection. If we had such a tool would we be able to explain how it is different from selection? At the very least it is only going to work on feature information (not wms). Dave your call on this if you think info area is the same as selection, close and resolve this issue. If you still want it we can leave it open.
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Jody Garnett added a comment -
Okay here is how to fix this one ... make a new Info tool that allows a polygon to be drawn (you can steal the distance tool code for advice on how to draw a series of points).

Submit this to the InfoView2 as per last time; on that side of the fence:
- create a filter out of your polygon and use it to query and feature source
- use the bounding box of the polygon to determine how to ask WMS for info

Jody
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Jody Garnett added a comment - Okay here is how to fix this one ... make a new Info tool that allows a polygon to be drawn (you can steal the distance tool code for advice on how to draw a series of points). Submit this to the InfoView2 as per last time; on that side of the fence: - create a filter out of your polygon and use it to query and feature source - use the bounding box of the polygon to determine how to ask WMS for info Jody

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