[Fwd: Re: [mapserver-dev] Canvas support for MapServer]

[Brent Fraser]

Hmm.  GDAL's OGR outputs GeoJSON; you can use GDAL as an output driver in Mapserver for raster.  What would it take to have a GDAL-based vector output driver in Mapserver?  Mind boggling...

Brent


Jan Hartmann wrote:
> Another option would be to use GeoJSON. Is MapServer able to output
> 
> GeoJSON, or is it going to be? I guess it would be much easier to write 
> a conversion program from GeoJSON to Canvas than from SVG, and I am sure 
> it would be much more efficient.
> 
> Jan
>