PHP/Mapscript as WMS server (fwd)

[Nate Reed]

Good question, we would like to do a similar thing.  I would be interested 
in any replies to this; please be sure to respond to this list.

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Sebastian Albrecht wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> in the mailinglist archives in 2003 I found a thread called
> "OGC compliant WMS server delivering dynamic layers".
> 
> It was about a PHP/Mapscript script used as some kind of proxy WMS
> server. Requests like GetCapabilities were directly forwarded to the
> local mapserv cgi-bin using Header('Location: http://...?REQUEST=')
> while the GetMap request was processed in the PHP script itself for
> loading dynamic layers depending on the scale or sth.
> 
> Are there any current projects which are based on the idea of using
> Mapscript to build up a more dynamic WMS server component?
> 
> Best regards,
> Sebastian
> 
> 
> PS: Will I have to use sth. like Deegree for having more dynamic at
> the backend (f. e. for loading dynamic data, filters or expressions
> depending on the scale)?
> 

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