[wms-dev] GetFeatureInfo queries using bounding box

[Andrew Hallam]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:22:09 -0500, "GeoPraxis Inc"
> We have had a similar frustration in some projects.  However, if we 
> want to crack open that "box" (as it were :-) ), IMO it would be 
> better to go all the way and support queries based on the whole 
> list of GML geometry classes.

Isn't there a threshold of complexity here that, once crossed, would
suggest the use of a WFS? For instance, Points and BoundingBoxes are
easy to encode in HTTP GET URI. A box maps well to the relatively simple
action of dragging a rectangle on the user interface. 

The more complicated spatial and attribute queries are already handled
in WFS.

> I expect, though, that Keith P. will have some issue with 
> this idea because it potentially could complicate cascading
> GetFeatureInfo requests.

Yet another reason to keep it simple and use a standardised
GetFeatureInfo request/response format.

Andrew