[Mapserver-users] Cookie Cutter technique

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

Matthew,

I have a tool C language tool that should be easy to modify to do 
what you want. Check out shp2tile @ http://imaptools.com/?tab=4

-Steve

On 26 Aug 2003 at 8:34, Matthew Smith wrote:

> Stephen Clark wrote:
> > Has anyone tried to use a cookie cutter technique on multiple shape
> > files with mapserver.
> > 
> > What I am looking to do is cut out a rectangle of interest from
> > several layers of datasets. Each dataset would be cut out
> > individually and reprocessed into on or many data files at a later
> > date.
> 
> A related question:
> 
> I assume that reducing the geographical scope of a shapefile will
> reduce the burden on Mapserver (eg: I am working with the road network
> for all of Australia; I'm only interested in a couple of hundred
> square miles).
> 
> I would like to be able to use Mapscript (preferably with Perl) to
> take a shapefile, define top left/bottom right of a rectangle and
> create a new shapefile covering only that area - pretty much what I
> think Stephen is saying, only I just want the one layer.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> M
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Smith
> Kadina Business Consultancy
> South Australia
> http://www.kbc.net.au
> 
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