[Mapserver-users] Beginner - WFS Setup Questions

[Lowell Filak]

I don't believe you need to store the WFS result in a DB in order for MS
to use it.
You only need to setup MS as a WFS client and then configure the
CONNECTION for the LAYER in your mapfile correctly to access the data
"Live" and render it.
HTH
Lowell

The following message was sent by "Justin Lai" <justin at augsignals.com>
on Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:16:29 -0400.

> Thanks for the help Lowell, sorry for the delay....
> 
> These documents will be accessed remotely. As I understand it, when
the user
> clicks on a feature, a WFS call for the data will return it as XML,
where I
> parse out information, store in a DB and display it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Justin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lowell Filak" <lfilak at medinaco.org>
> To: "Justin Lai" <justin at augsignals.com>;
> <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Beginner - WFS Setup Questions
> 
> 
> > 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
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >