Mapfile Tuning

[Daniel Morissette]

Do you use "init=epsg:xxxx" type of projection definitions in your 
layers? In the past I have found the EPSG codes lookup to be quite 
expensive. If you use that then you may find that using native proj4 
definitions for your projections might help.

Daniel



Pleyer, Walter wrote:

> Hi folks!
> 
> We are currently experiencing some performance troubles which we tracked
> to the size of the mapfile.
> We expect the mapfile to grow to well over 100 layers and analysis shows
> that the parsing of this mapfile slows the mapgeneration down by almost
> a second each time.
> Is there enaything else, apart from using mapscript, that can be done to
> tweak the performance?
> 
> Walter
> 
> LFRZ
> A-1200 Wien, Dresdner Strasse 89
> Tel:   ++43(1)33 176/421
> Fax:   ++43(1)33 176/999
> Mobil: 0676/5256642
> Email: walter.pleyer at lfrz.at
> WWW:   http://www.lfrz.at