[MapProxy] Mapserver source

Rahkonen Jukka jukka.rahkonen at mmmtike.fi
Thu Aug 29 06:45:31 PDT 2013


Hi,

Mapserver is a cgi program and it needs a web server for running. However, you can still talk directly with Mapserver without going through http. Shp2img utility is doing the same http://mapserver.org/utilities/shp2img.html

-Jukka Rahkonen-

Frank Broniewski wrote:
> 
> Am 2013-08-29 15:12, schrieb Oliver Tonnhofer:
> >
> > On 29.08.2013, at 15:08, Frank Broniewski wrote:
> >> Is there any way to use a Mapserver .map file in the same way as a Mapnik
> mapfile i.e. offline? It would be nice to have an sort of offline mapserver source.
> Maybe just as a thought for a future release ...
> >
> >
> > There is a Mapserver source:
> > http://mapproxy.org/docs/nightly/sources.html#mapserver-label
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Oliver
> >
> 
> Yes I know :-) But it's using the CGI and mapserv needs to run under a
> webserver?! Or am I missing something?
> The Mapnik xml can be used offline, that's what I would find to be nice to have
> for mapserver too.
> 
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