[Mapserver-users] dynamic tileindex

[Brent Fraser]

Uwe,

MapServer can use only a shapefile for a  tileindex.  It would be a nice
enhancement to be able to use any of the currently supported vector
datasources (e.g. PostGIS) for a tileindex.

Brent Fraser
GeoAnalytic Inc.

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Subject: [Mapserver-users] dynamic tileindex


> hello everybody,
> i have an application where a shapefile displays the content
> of about 60 tileindexes. the 60 tileindexes point to aereal ortho-photo
> imaginary.
> a background-process appends more and more entries to the tileindex-files,
> together with  the ortho-imaginary, one entry about every 10 seconds.
> additionally,  the user may request
> another process to add specific entries to a tileindex.
>
> and here it gets tricky:
> the process needs to write to the shape- and dbase-files making up the
> tileindex,
> while other users do request data described by those tile-indexes.
> php_mapscript
> then crashes while either trying to write or to read from those files.
>
> Is there  a way to build those tileindexes on mygis or postgis and letting
> the location-column pointing to a locally stored image-file ?
>
>
> thank you for advises.
>
>
>
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