[gdal-dev] open shapefile from server

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 18/02/11 13:08, Mohammed Rashad wrote:
> How can I open a shapefile and read the coordinates from it without
> downloading into client. just as mywebsite.com/shapefiles/myshape.shp
>  <http://mywebsite.com/shapefiles/myshape.shp> and pass this to
> function as
>
> poDS =
> OGRSFDriverRegistrar::Open("http://mywebsite.com/shapefiles/myshape.shp",
> FALSE );
>
> Is it possible in gdal/ogr?

It is not possible without downloading. Even if URL-based file open is
supported, the Open function would still need to download the whole file.

Best regards,
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