[Mapserver-users] Cookie Cutter technique

[Stephen Clark]

Steve,

In the source code for shp2tile there is a reference to lib shape

as in -lshp

Where do I find this -lshp file?

thanks,
Stephen



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <woodbri at swoodbridge.com>
To: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>; "Matthew Smith" <matt at kbc.net.au>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Cookie Cutter technique


> 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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