.map within a .map

[Tamas Szekeres]

And it is also possible to utilize mapscript to implement merging the
layers from different map files into a single map. The global map settings
(eg. shapepath, fontset, symbolset) should be collated during the merge.

Best Regards,

Tamas Szekeres



On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:00:18 -0500, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at POBOX.COM>
wrote:

>On 11/8/05, Oliver Ishmael <oliver_ishmael at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is it possible to call a nested .map file within a mapfile.
>>
>> For example, i am developing a mapserver for work and have some of the
data
>> at home, but not the raster data for example. To enable me to easily
run and
>> edit the mapfile from home, it would be useful if some of this data
could be
>> called in a separate mapfile, (which i could comment out as necessary).
>>
>> What is the syntax for calling a .map file from within a .map file.
>
>Olly,
>
>You might want to talk to Tamas about the work he did
>to allow another .map to be used as a raster layer.  There
>is some description in:
>
>  http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1445
>
>This isn't incorporated into the mainline MapServer at this point
>but it might be if we felt there was a strong enough desire for it.
>
>Best regards,
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