[Mapserver-users] cascading map server

[Tom.Kralidis at CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean-Francois.Doyon at CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca
> [mailto:Jean-Francois.Doyon at CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:18 AM
> To: bart.van.den.eijnden at geodan.nl; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] cascading map server
> 
> 
> Bart,
> 
> If you mean the OGC's WMS spec, and it's cascading abilities, 
> yes MapServer
> supports all that.
> 
> Simply read:
> 
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc36/wms-client-howto.html
> 
> Though what you describe doesn't amount to cascading, simply ingesting
> remote layers.
> 

When I think of cascading map server, I think of a WMS being able to house
another WMSs entire capabilities.  Currently, in MapServer, from what I
know, you can cascade to layers of choice.

What happens if I want to setup a WMS with MapServer and cascade to another
WMS which has 175 layers?  Do I have to input them all in a mapfile as
connectiontype=wms as a layer definition?

Is there / can there be a mechanism, in a mapfile, to point to a server URL,
and MapServer can cascade the whole Capabilities XML?

..Tom


> Enjoy!
> J.F.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bart van den Eijnden [mailto:bart.van.den.eijnden at geodan.nl]
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:54 AM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: [Mapserver-users] cascading map server
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> does mapserver implement the cascading map server architecture?
> 
> I need to combine two images I get from two different map 
> servers into one 
> single image. Does anybody have an idea how to do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bart
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