bug in GML writer

[Daniel Morissette]

Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote:
> 
> Is there any way to change the current behaviour in Mapserver so that a
> GetFeature request without a spatial filter won't use the MAP's EXTENT?
> 

Well, GetFeature uses QueryByRect() to fetch the features to return, 
which requires a rectangle (BBOX) as input. We'd have to change the way 
the WFS GetFeature is implemented internally to be able to operate 
without a spatial filter.

Independently of that, in all other cases the mapfile extents serve to 
define the default area of interest of your application or service, so I 
find that it makes sense for the WFS to filter based on the mapfile 
extents by default. I would not consider that a bug, I would say it's a 
feature.  :)

Daniel
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Daniel Morissette
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