Re: [Geoserver-users] wmsGetFeatureInfo Request in 2.5 doesnt work on TextSymbolizers

[Andrea A. <and...@ge...>]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:35 PM, willucf <wil...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
> So we recently upgraded Geoserver to version 2.5, and I noticed the change
> in WMSGetFeatureInfo requests. Does anyone know if there is a way to get
> the
> request to work when a user clicks on a text symbolizer?( it use to before
> this update)
>

Actually we never supported the "click" on text symbolizers (or any
symbolizers,
really), we just had a search area around the point/line/polygon used for
labelling,
we were just doing a bbox query in the underlying data source.

But you're right, if now a layer only has a text symbolizer (one that does
not
paint the underlying geometry), we won't catch anything
at all, to get results back we need to modify the code and force the
rendering
subsystem to paint the point/line/polygon from which the label originates.

Could you open a ticket on jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS (if you don't have
an account,
get one at xircles.codehaus.org)?


>
> We currently use custom fonts for symbols, and I am aware of TTF Marks in
> point symbolizers, but can not use them because then I lose the vendor
> options available to Text symbolizers.
>
> So basically I lose click for text, or I lose the "priority" and
> "spaceAround" options I use to de-clutter data.
>
> Any ideas?
>

You can force GeoServer to use the old GetFeatureInfo subsystem by adding
the -Dorg.geoserver.wms.featureinfo.render.enabled=false parameter to the
JVM used by GeoServer (how you do that, depends on what kind of install
you have).


>
> (Also just in case someone asks why we upgrade to version 2.5, apparently
> it's needed for a specific plugin)
>

Hmm.. uh? Not sure which plugin requires 2.5, I'd be curious to know :-)

Cheers
Andrea

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