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Data from the Places system.
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Connecting to places-data using Geocortex #326

Open frogmapr opened 8 years ago

frogmapr commented 8 years ago

I would like to connect to places data using the Geocortex if possible. Here below are the current types of data that I can connect to using Geocortex:

geocortexlyroptions1

Would one of these work to connect to the data?

Ideally I would like to connect in a way that allows for identification of features and not just viewing a flat raster such as what is avaliable with the AGOL parktiles basemap:

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Any thoughts on what avenue to explore in order to make this happen would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

nateirwin commented 8 years ago

Hi Neil,

Can you try using the following URL to bring in Yellowstone's campgrounds as a "KML Layer"?

https://nps.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?q=SELECT * FROM points_of_interest WHERE unit_code='yell' AND type='Campground'&format=kml

frogmapr commented 8 years ago

Hey So I was able to add that URL to the map, it looks like this in the layer list:

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but then when i open up the map in the browser, the layer doesn't display and i get the following error:

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Here is the documentation talking about geocortex support for KML layers:

Geocortex EssentialsandKML.pdf

A cursory look thru the documentation suggests to me that they may not support adding kml layers in the way we are trying...

nateirwin commented 8 years ago

Darn.

If that doesn't work, our only other option is going to be the "Web Tiled Layer", though it probably won't work either because CartoDB tiled layers are "dynamic", so you must make a request to get an id before requesting individual tiles from their content delivery network.

Seems like this probably isn't going to work. It's really odd they don't support GeoJSON. That would work perfectly.

Closing for now, but feel free to comment back here if you have any other ideas or questions.

frogmapr commented 8 years ago

Hi Nate,

Would we be able to enable the OGC WMS add-on function in CartoDB?

See this link: http://blog.cartodb.com/wms-support/

On 12/11/15, Nate Irwin notifications@github.com wrote:

Closed #326.

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nateirwin commented 8 years ago

We could try it, but I don't think it's going to do what you're looking for. WMS coming out of CartoDB is just going to be a set of rasters that aren't "interactive". I'm happy to give it a try though. Which account should we enable it for?