[Mapserver-users] mapserver and extern interfacing

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Yes, we use mapscript, the primary versions of mapscript are Perl, PHP, 
and Python. With these you can write a custom application that 
integrates data from any dynamic data source. I have web pages written 
in PHP that call a geocoding or a routing server and then call a another 
page running mapscript to display the results. In the case of the 
routing page, the route server generates a shapefile and passes the name 
to the mapping page and the mapping page reads the extents from the 
shapefile and zooms the map to that extents and then includes the 
shapefile for the route in the map.

http://imaptools.com  (see the "Demos" link).

-Steve W.

Sébastien DUBOIS wrote:

> hi all,
> if you take  allok to the proprietary software like arcims soft, you'll see that
> most of these soft works like servlets and allow interfacing with other
> servlets which give them .xml or other.
> my query is to know if mapserver can work like this.
> Let's explain this more .
> yet it's possible to use a database like postgresql to load layer.
> but is it possible to send .shp to mapserv for a layer from an extern source
> (without work with the database as a intermediary)
> in other words is there an api of mapserv which allow to custumize this soft?
> 
> thanks in advance