shape as url

[Andrea Antonello]

You are right, the idea would be to cache the file somewhere, if possible in 
chunks. 

Andrea


> How would that work? There's no random access to URL's they're a stream
> of data. You can't seek in a file that is a URL.
>
> -e
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Andrea Antonello
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:30 AM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] shape as url
>
>
> Hi,
> Is there a way to set the map path for shapefiles and grassdatas and
> whatever
> as an URL?
> The idea is to get the stuff working from inside a content management
> system,
> where the unix datapath is lost and an url is assigned to it. That would
> ease
> the possibility to archive datasets with different views and make them
> browsable and searchable.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrea

-- 
____________________________________________________________________________
HydroloGIS - Environmental Open Source Solutions
www.hydrologis.com

Andrea Antonello
Environmental Engineer
mobile:  +393288497722

"Let it be as much a great honour to take as to give learning,
if you want to be called wise."
Skuggsja' - The King's mirror - 1240 Reykjavik
____________________________________________________________________________