[mapserver-dev] Get Raster from url

[Jeff McKenna]

On 2013-05-14 9:21 AM, francescoboccacci at libero.it wrote:
> Hi all,
> i have a question about get tiff raster image from a remote repository.
> Is it possible to get rater not from local server but reomote server as below:
> 
> LOCAL
> 
> SHAPEPATH      "/data/raster/"
> 
> LAYER 
>     NAME "TestRaster"
>     STATUS ON
>     TYPE RASTER
>     DATA "raster.tif"
>     ...
> 
> 
> REMOTE
> 
> LAYER 
>     NAME "TestRaster"
>     STATUS ON
>     TYPE RASTER
>     DATA "http://fakeraster.com/raster.tif"
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Francesco
> 

Hmm likely not exactly as you need, but, initially when reading your
question I thought of the GDAL "mini-drivers: (pan the page down)
http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wms.html  In other words, wrap that raster in a
web mapping service.

-jeff


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