[mapserver-dev] Upper Limit to Number of Layers in Map file

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Peter,

Are you using TILEINDEXs or are you puting every raster as a separate LAYER?

-Steve W

Peter Willis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am attempting to use mapserver as a WMS server for
> a large number of rasters.
> 
> The system I am using has a collection of over 21000
> geo-referenced  rasters.
> 
> These can be sorted into various groups, however
> any specific group of rasters may exceed 400 or more.
> 
> I have tried modifying the value MS_MAXLAYERS in
> map.h and recompiling but am unsure if I will exceed
> the binary size of whatever variables are affected by
> that constant.
> 
> What is the maximum, safe, binary size of the
> MS_MAXLAYERS constant that will not overflow
> the variables/procedures that use it?
> 
> (ie: ulong32, ulong64, ushort16, uchar8,...???)
> 
> Thanks for any insights,
> 
> Peter
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