Do Mapserver enables distributed processing spatial data?

[Luis Angel Monge De La Cruz]

Hello Milo van der Linden


You know if any server maps (open source, freeware, license, etc.) can
perform automatic search of alternative sources?




On Dec 3, 2007 6:49 PM, Milo van der Linden <mlinden at zeelandnet.nl> wrote:

 No, mapserver cannot switch automatically unless you tell it to in a php
> script or something.
>
> But why put these databases on two computers? Why not use a single server
> that is always on and holds the database?
>
> There are many ways to achieve this, but that is basically no mapserver
> issue.
>
> First of all, storing gis data on a single computer always makes it stand
> alone. Storing it on a server makes it available to the server and to
> servers with rights on that particular server via the network.
>
> Best thing I would do if I where you:
>
>
> - Set up a postGIS spatial database and provide both workstations with
> access. If you use qGIS or openJump as the GIS client, this is a very
> workable situation.
>
> - If you want to do the same, but with a more commercial solution;
> consider MapInfo with SQL-server Spatialware or ArcView with SDE.
>
> Databases have the advantage that they are designed to be multi-user where
> as GIS data most of the time is not.
>
>
>
>
> Luis Angel Monge De La Cruz schreef:
>
> Hi!
>
> This is my question. Do Mapserver enables distributed processing spatial
> data?
>
> Information
> - Two computers
> - Each computer has a spatial database
> - What happen?. If I want to obtain a spatial data from the computer # 1
> through mapserver and is not available this database. Can mapserver look so
> automatic that spatial data in the database from the computer computer # 2?
>
>
>
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>
>
>  Milo van der Linden
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