Fido Search - Quick and Dirty Client Side Searching Tool¶
Abstract¶
In previous versions of GeoMOOSE there was a DynamicZoom extension which would allow the administrator to setup a PHP that would read a data source with lists containing items that would have a label and an extent. This would allow users to choose areas from a wide range of different administrative defined types and zoom to that area.
There were a few problems with this method:
- These select lists can be rather long. This makes them substantially less useful for users. There was no consistent internal support in
- GeoMOOSE for generating those lists. That left the generation of the script as an exercise to the installer.
To address these shortcomings, Fido is a new extension and service that provides the user with a partial-string matching quick-pick list. That quick-pick list is defined using similar GeoMOOSE semantics to other services.
Configuring¶
Add
fido-search="true"
to the<map-source>
. From the demo mapbook:<map-source name="borders" ... fido-search="true"> ... </map-source>
- In the mapfile ensure the following:
All searchable layers have a PROJECTION element set.
All searchable layers have a “fido_record” template. basemap.map has an example of a. and b.
The “fido_record” template will look like this (example is for counties from the demo):
<!-- MapServer Template --> {"label" : "[COUNTYNAME] County", "extent" : [[shpext format="$minx,$miny,$maxx,$maxy" proj="epsg:4326"]]}