[mapserver-users] Compilation/ESRI SHapeLIB

[Richard Ford]

G'Dat Frank.

Was that version 3.3?  Or a later one?

Cheers,
Richard.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Warmerdam" <warmerdam at pobox.com>
To: "Richard Ford" <mapserver at cubok.com>; "UMN MapServer"
<mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Compilation/ESRI SHapeLIB


> Richard Ford wrote:
> >
> > What do you mean by bastardised??
> >
> > Is it limited or does it just suffice for basic reading and writing?
>
> Richard,
>
> Steve has optimized the shapelib code, partly by having it directly
> transform the incoming data into the internal format for MapServer instead
> of going through the intermediate format used by shapelib.  It should read
> pretty much anything that the regular shapelib reads, but won't include
some
> of the latest shapelib tweaks.
>
> > As Stephen pointed out there is shape file support built in.  Will I
still
> > need PROJ.  What else is PROJ used for and should I really consider it a
> > mandatory library?
>
> If you have all your data into one coordinate system ... the coordinate
system
> you want to serve data in, then you don't need PROJ.4 libraries for
MapServer.
>
> Best regards,
>
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