[mapserver-dev] non spatial tables and WFS

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Steve Lime
> Sent: 22 July, 2008 5:28 PM
> To: mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org; Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] non spatial tables and WFS
> 
> Do you mean attribute tables JOINed to spatial data? If so 
> then that would be a relatively easy addition I think. I 
> remember looking into it when much of the gml work was done 
> but I don't recall what stopped me. I believe Tom K. was 
> interested in something similar.
> 

I agree this would be valuable (esp JOINed).  Having said this, what
would happen if spatial queries are passed against the non-spatial
dataset?  How would this affect advertising the dataset as a FeatureType
in a WFS, which advertises Filter Capabilities, or which MapServer
provides many spatial functions.


> Steve
> 
> >>> On 7/22/2008 at 2:19 PM, in message 
> <488632DA.706 at osgis.nl>, "Bart 
> >>> van den
> Eijnden (OSGIS)" <bartvde at osgis.nl> wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > one of the features I've been missing in Mapserver WFS is 
> the ability 
> > to serve out non spatial / administrative tables using WFS, 
> something 
> > that Geoserver does support.
> > 
> > Would this be easy to add in Mapserver or not? Are there any known 
> > workarounds that might work out of the box already?
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Bart
> 
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