WMS image cache?

[Paul Ramsey]

Doug,

Most of the relevant information can be gleaned here:

   http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_proxy.html

Short answer, yes, very doable, just needs some Apache magic and careful 
configuration.

Paul

Doug Cates wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Does anybody know if it is possible to set up MapServer / Apache / Linux to 
> cache WMS GetMap requests? What I mean is that if MapServer receives the same 
> request as one recently sent from the same browser, that I'd like it to be 
> returned to the browser without re-processing and creating a new image. This 
> is for a real-time tracking application. Is it possible to set this up 
> server-side, or is this something that I'll need to do in my client 
> application?
> 
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug