MapGuide Developer’s Guide

Version 2.0

Contents

• Revision History
• Introduction
  • What This Guide Covers
  • Essential Concepts
  • Preparing to Run the Examples
  • Application Development
  • Resources and Repositories
    • Library and Session
    • Maps
  • Hello, Map - Displaying a Web Layout
  • Hello, Map 2 - Adding a Custom Command
    • Web Layouts and MapGuide Server Pages
    • MapGuide Page Flow
    • Example Code
    • How This Page Works
  • Understanding Services
• The MapGuide AJAX Viewer
  • Introduction
    • Custom Commands
  • Understanding Viewer Frames
  • MapGuide Viewer API
    • Calling the Viewer API with an Invoke Script Command
    • Calling the Viewer API from the Script Frame
    • Calling the Viewer API from the Task Pane
    • Extending Map Initialization Functionality
    • The Hello Viewer Sample
  • Embedding a Viewer in Your Own Page
• Interacting With Layers
  • Overview of Layers
    • Basic Layer Properties
    • Layer Groups
      • Base Layer Groups
    • Layer Style
    • Layer Visibility
      • Example: Actual Visibility
  • Enumerating Map Layers
    • Example
  • Manipulating Layers
    • Changing Basic Properties
      • Example
    • Changing Visibility
• Working With Feature Data
  • Overview of Features
  • Querying Feature Data
    • Feature Readers
    • Selecting with the Web API
      • Basic Filters
      • Spatial Filters
    • Example: Selection
  • Active Selections
    • Selecting with the Viewer
    • Passing Viewer Information to the Web Server
      • Additional Parameters to an Invoke URL Command
      • Passing Parameters from an Invoke Script Command
      • Passing Parameters from the Task Pane frame
    • Working with the Active Selection
      • Example: Listing Selected Parcels
    • Setting the Active Selection with the Web API
    • Example: Setting the Active Selection
• Modifying Maps and Layers
  • Introduction
  • Adding An Existing Layer To A Map
  • Creating Layers by Modifying XML
  • Another Way to Create Layers
    • Example: Creating a layer that users Area Rules
    • Example: Using Line Rules
    • Example: Using Point Rules
  • Adding Layers to a Map
  • Making Changes Permanent
• Analyzing Features
  • Introduction
  • Representations of Geometry
    • Geometry Objects
    • Comparing Geometry Objects
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Measuring Distance
  • Temporary Feature Sources
    • Inserting, Deleting and Updating Features
  • Creating a Buffer
  • Example
• Digitizing and Redlining
  • Introduction
  • Digitizing
  • Redlining
    • Passing Coordinates
    • Creating a Feature Source
    • Create a Layer
• Custom Output
  • Introduction
  • Rendering Service
  • Mapping Service
• Fusion
  • Introduction
  • Essential Concepts
  • Hello Sheboygan - An example template
    • Under the hood
  • How Fusion is integrated with MapGuide
  • Application Definitions, HTML and Widgets
  • Widget Basics
    • Invoke Script
    • Invoke URL
    • MapGuideViewerApi.js
  • Events
  • Working With Maps
• The Map Agent
• Advanced MapGuide Topics
  • Using Transactions
  • Describing a Feature Source
  • Creating and Modifying Schemas
  • The Geospatial Platform and MapGuide’s role in it
• Supplemental Development Options
  • OpenLayers
  • Maestro API
  • mapguide-rest
• MapGuide Cookbook
  • JavaScript: Hooking to events in the AJAX viewer
    • Checking when the map has been loaded
    • Handling viewer selection
  • JavaScript: Invoke Viewer Command on startup
  • PHP: Dynamically setting initial map view and scale
    • Things to note
    • The code

Indices and tables

• Index
• Search Page