[MIP] Multi-view Identify with external data and media rendering

[stefano.bovio]

Hi all,

I would like to keep the mailing list informed about a new proposed MIP for improving the Identify feature. Today each layer can expose only a single featureInfo, which limits how much and how varied the information shown on click can be. The idea is to let a layer configure multiple Identify views, rendered as tabs, so the same click can present different slices of information side by side.

On top of this it adds a view type that drills into a separate WFS source via a CQL template built from the clicked feature, and per-attribute media rendering (images, video, audio, panoramas, PDFs, links, iframes). The same attributes editor and renderers are reused by the existing PROPERTIES view.

Everything stays backwards compatible: existing saved maps keep working, since a legacy single featureInfo is normalized into a one-view configuration.

The full proposal, scope and acceptance criteria are in the MIP issue: https://github.com/geosolutions-it/MapStore2/issues/12594

Feedback are welcome.

Thanks,
Stefano

[Simon Nitz]

Hi Stefano

Very interesting! 🙂

Our workaround for this type of functionality uses GeoServer grouped layers and custom FreeMarker templates (content.ftl) that use html etc. to provide an accordion interface for the different layer information required including links built on the fly...

Cheers

Simon

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