[mapserver-dev] Proposal/request to implement FlatGeobuf as built-in format

Seth G sethg at geographika.co.uk
Tue Apr 26 03:30:00 PDT 2022


Hi Bjorn,

+1 That sounds great!
This would be a new "native" MapServer data source rather than going through GDAL/OGR, is that correct?
It would need a few msautotests and docs, but I can try and help/test. 

Seth

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On Mon, Apr 25, 2022, at 10:57 PM, Björn Harrtell wrote:
> Hi mapserver devs!
> 
> I got interested in the subject because of the tests made recently by Jeff that shows the potential of the format. I believe it should be possible to get significant additional performance out of FlatGeobuf in MapServer if it was built in just like Shapefile support is.
> 
> FlatGeobuf C++ implementation is rather small, doesn't require any dependencies, and I don't expect it to require any invasive changes to existing code.
> 
> Would love to get started on this ASAP, if there are no objections. :)
> 
> Regards,
> Björn Harrtell
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