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<p class="MsoNormal">I was wondering if anyone is willing to share any experience they have had with using an ESRI File Geodatabase with MapServer. Specifically I’m wondering about:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>How is the performance when compared against other data sources for rendering maps? Does OGR/GDAL make use of spatial indexes?<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Can a file geodatabase be accessed through PHP or Python mapscript for querying/searching?<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Could I access a standalone table (non-spatial table) that is stored in a file geodatabase with mapscript? Many want to use this for joins and relates in my queries.<o:p></o:p></p>
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