[Mapserver-users] Beginner - WFS Setup Questions

[Lowell Filak]

Are the XML documents local files or are are they accessed remotely?
I ask because WFS requests/replies are XML documents, so that could
explain how WFS came into the picture originally.
Lowell

The following message was sent by "Justin Lai" <justin at augsignals.com>
on Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:30:32 -0400.

> Basically, what we need is text data describing the specific feature to
> appear when it is clicked on. Currently, this data is embedded within XML
> documents. I was told that the best way to have them displayed is storing
> this data in a MySQL database because mapserver is able to display this
> easily.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Justin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lowell Filak" <lfilak at medinaco.org>
> To: "Justin Chan" <justin at augsignals.com>;
> <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 4:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Beginner - WFS Setup Questions
> 
> 
> > WFS client allows MapServer to read data from a WFS server but is not
> > required to read data from a MySQL database.
> > Is the data you wish to display already in a MySQL database or some
> > other format?
> > Lowell
> >
> > The following message was sent by "Justin Chan" <justin at augsignals.com>
> > on Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:32:21 -0400.
> >
> > > Hello, I am interested in using mapserver to display certain features
> > > and their corresponding attributes. I understand that mapserver will >
> > allow me to accomplish this. However, after reading the documentation on
> > > setting up WFS and the MySQL database, I was very confused. I am
> > hoping > that someone will be able to help me.
> > > My project requires me to develop an application such that a feature >
> > would be displayed on a map, and upon clicking that feature, certain >
> > attributes such as name of the image, ownership, a user provided >
> > description and other text data would be displayed. It is my >
> > understanding that this information can be stored in a MySQL database >
> > and WFS can somehow access this data and return it.
> > >
> > > In order to accomplish these tasks, I believe that I must do the >
> > following,
> > >
> > > 1. download source, set flag to allow mapserver to act as a WFS client
> > > 2. set up the MySQL database
> > > 3. set up a map file to display the feature
> > > 4. inform WFS of the loaction of the mapfile and the database.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, I do not know how to do these steps, so any help would
> > be > greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Justin
> > >
> >
> >