Changes between Version 179 and Version 180 of PakistanDevelopers

Timestamp:

09/07/10 12:33:51 (14 years ago)

Author:

Fran Boon

Comment:

Alternate approach to Printing Maps

PakistanDevelopers

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 ==== Printing ====
- * [wiki:InstallationGuidelinesGISData#Printing]
-  * http://trac.mapfish.org/trac/mapfish/ticket/161
-  * NB This will only be able to see Feature Layers exposed as web services (KML/GeoRSS)
-
 ''Would like to see A4 District-level maps with names and boundaries of Tehsils that we can insert text and tables onto top of.''
 
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  * is the 'tables' popups?
 Can we have a popup moved to a different part of the screen to control printed layout?
+
+So far we have investigated this approach:
+ * [wiki:InstallationGuidelinesGISData#Printing Print to PDF via Java Applet]
+ * [http://trac.mapfish.org/trac/mapfish/ticket/161 print to Image file by converting PDF to Image]
+However this will only be able to see Feature Layers exposed as web services (KML/GeoRSS) & it is hard to get detailed control of the output.
+
+We've also considered trying to integrate a screen capture tool into the browser, e.g. using Flash or Java, but haven't found anything suitable yet.
+
+Perhaps we're better off looking at using a print.css to allow the browser's print functionality to work:
+ * [wiki:BluePrintCSS#PrintView]
+ * IE needs to be put into Landscape mode for this (can we hint?)
+ * We want the Legend inside the Ext window - ideally able to hover & be moved to a place where it doesn't obstruct anything key
+* The Geonames text for when Internet connectivity isn't available needs to be hidden
+
+We could also really use a 'Zoom to Area' feature which allows selecting a location (i.e. Tehsil in this case) & zooming to that Bounds.
 === Shelter Registry ===
  * On the map, where it shows the shelter, it should show the comments as well, so that one could easily find the requisite facilities. These facilities should be searchable though.