Spatial extent of the business data on the map

[benoit-jpi]

It could be interesting to optionally display the spatial extent of the business data on the map.

[claustres]

What would be your idea exactly, to display the bounding box or envelope polygon of a target layer on the map using a dedicated action?

We already have some difficulties with the zoom to action currently, which is supposed to make the map extent cover the layer bounding box. Indeed, in some cases, the bounding box is not known or correctly positioned (e.g. layer coming from a WMS service) or does not really help (e.g. a layer only visible starting from a given zoom level). Any idea is welcome on this topic.

[benoit-jpi]

Hi Luc,

I was thinking of a simple bounding box if it exists to show the limits of the business data. It seems that the zoom-to action is accessible even when the zoom level is too low. I think these two concepts could be decoupled/independent.

But you're right, that doesn't solve the problem of spatial data where the bounding box is not known or not correctly positioned.