InitialView

Widget that zoom on a specific feature on the map. Zoom on one or many features are supported. Currently this widget uses featureserver as service. The code to use a server-side mapserver service is there, but commented out.

To zoom the map on a feature during the initial page load, add the the parameter specified in the urlfield option in the URL.

XML Sample

Zoom on feature with fid equal url value (index.php?id=3)

<initialview>
    <name>InitialView</name>
    <options>
        <urlfield>id</urlfield>
    </options>
</initialview>

<initialview>
    <name>InitialView</name>
    <options>
        <urlfield>id</urlfield>
        <defaultzoom>9</defaultzoom>
        <!-- Optionnaly turns highlight on -->
        <highlight>true</highlight>
    </options>
</initialview>

Zoom on all features with dumpingid equal url value (index.php?dump=3)

<initialview>
    <name>InitialView</name>
    <options>
        <urlfield>dump</urlfield>
        <queryfield>dumpingid</queryfield>
    </options>
</initialview>

Sample config with zoom to max extent replaced by zoom to initial view

<initialview>
    <name>InitialView</name>
    <options>
        <urlfield>dump</urlfield>
        <queryfield>dumpingid</queryfield>
         <replaceZoomToMaxExtent>true</replaceZoomToMaxExtent>
    </options>
</initialview>

Mandatory Options

urlfield:URL variable that will contain the unique ID of the feature

Optional Options

defaultzoom:Lowest zoomlevel to zoom at intial load. This is an OpenLayers zoom level. highlight:This node can be set to true or false (both lower case); if true the zoomed to feature will be highlighted according to the default (or user configured) selected style; defaults to false. NOTE : If you want to see highlighted features on the map, you will need to define a featureserver type layer. Otherwise, a red cross showing the feature center will be displayed. In the latter case, a featureserver type service is still needed for the resource zoomed to. queryfield:Queryable field on features to zoom. haslayer:boolean, the resourse used have a layer defined or not. replaceZoomToMaxExtent:  If set to true, all “zoom to max extent” behaviors are replaced by “zoom to initial view” instead.

Service Type

featureserver

Widget Action

read