--- a/client/src/application/Morphtool.vue	Thu Sep 27 23:19:31 2018 +0200
+++ b/client/src/application/Morphtool.vue	Thu Sep 27 23:45:58 2018 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <div v-if="selectedBottleneck">
+  <div v-if="selectedBottleneck || selectedMorph">
     <div v-if="surveyList" class="ui-element card card-body shadow">
       <div class="headline">
         <h5>{{selectedBottleneck.get("objnam")}}</h5>

--- a/client/src/map/Maplayer.vue	Thu Sep 27 23:19:31 2018 +0200
+++ b/client/src/map/Maplayer.vue	Thu Sep 27 23:45:58 2018 +0200
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   },
   computed: {
     ...mapGetters("mapstore", ["layers", "getLayerByName"]),
-    ...mapState("mapstore", ["openLayersMap"]),
+    ...mapState("mapstore", ["openLayersMap", "selectedMorph"]),
     mapStyle() {
       return {
         mapfull: !this.split,
@@ -93,20 +93,23 @@
       draw.on("drawend", this.drawEnd);
       return draw;
     },
-    findFeature(profileLine) {
-      return new Feature({
-        geometry: profileLine,
-        // FIXME: hardcoded bottleneck and survey date
-        bottleneck: "AT_Bottleneck_44",
-        date: "2017-11-20"
-      });
-    },
     drawEnd(event) {
       const length = getLength(event.feature.getGeometry());
       this.$store.commit("mapstore/setCurrentMeasurement", length);
       // also place the a rounded length in a property, so identify can show it
       event.feature.set("length", Math.round(length * 10) / 10);
 
+      // if a survey has been selected, request a profile
+      // TODO an improvement could be to check if the line intersects
+      // with the bottleneck area's polygon before trying the server request
+      if (this.selectedMorph) {
+        console.log("requesting profile for", this.selectedMorph);
+        this.requestProfile(event, this.selectedMorph);
+      }
+    },
+    requestProfile(event, survey) {
+      // survey has to have the properties bottleneck_id and date_info
+
       // prepare to send the first line seqment to the server as GeoJSON
       const inputLineString = event.feature.getGeometry().clone();
       inputLineString.transform("EPSG:3857", "EPSG:4326");
@@ -114,7 +117,11 @@
       this.$store.commit("fairwayprofile/setStartPoint", start);
       this.$store.commit("fairwayprofile/setEndPoint", end);
       const profileLine = new LineString([start, end]);
-      const feature = this.findFeature(profileLine);
+      const feature = new Feature({
+        geometry: profileLine,
+        bottleneck: survey.bottleneck_id,
+        dat: survey.date_info
+      });
       const geoJSON = new GeoJSON({ geometryName: "geometry" }).writeFeature(
         feature
       );