[Mapserver-users] Loading data from another server

[Lowell Filak]

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WMSMapServer
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WFSMapServer
HTH
Lowell

The following message was sent by "Jeff L." <nf10 at hotmail.com> on Wed,
27 Aug 2003 16:11:35 +0000.

> Thanks Lowel for your answer. Could you please point me to how to do
that ? 
> a document or an url about accessing remote data would be great.
> 
> Jeff Lacoste
> 
> 
> >From: "Lowell Filak"<lfilak at medinaco.org>
> >To: "Jeff L." <nf10 at hotmail.com>, mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> >Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Loading data from another server
> >Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:05:50 -0400
> >
> >That format for accessing data requires that the data looks like a local
> >file whether it is network mounted or etc.
> >There is also an option of reading data in a WMS or WFS fashion from a
> >remote source.
> >HTH
> >Lowell
> >
> >The following message was sent by "Jeff L." <nf10 at hotmail.com> on Wed,
> >27 Aug 2003 15:12:32 +0000.
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if the location of data used in MapServer can be a
> >different
> > > location from the one where MapServer is running.
> > >
> > > I would like to run the MapServer in a server pointing to data in 
> >another
> > > server. I tried to change this tag in the .map file:
> > >
> > > SHAPEPATH "http://www.MyServer.com/data/"
> > >
> > > There was an error:
> > > msOpenSHPFile(): Unable to access file. (MyLayerData)
> > >
> > > My data do exist in the "http://www.MyServer.com/data/" location.
> > >
> > > I'm using MapServer 3.6.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jeff Lacoste
> > >
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