Do Mapserver enables distributed processing spatial data?

[Milo van der Linden]

No, mapserver cannot switch automatically unless you tell it to in a php 
script or something.

But why put these databases on two computers? Why not use a single 
server that is always on and holds the database?

There are many ways to achieve this, but that is basically no mapserver 
issue.

First of all, storing gis data on a single computer always makes it 
stand alone. Storing it on a server makes it available to the server and 
to servers with rights on that particular server via the network.

Best thing I would do if I where you:


- Set up a postGIS spatial database and provide both workstations with 
access. If you use qGIS or openJump as the GIS client, this is a very 
workable situation.

- If you want to do the same, but with a more commercial solution; 
consider MapInfo with SQL-server Spatialware or ArcView with SDE.

Databases have the advantage that they are designed to be multi-user 
where as GIS data most of the time is not.




Luis Angel Monge De La Cruz schreef:
> Hi!
>
> This is my question. Do Mapserver enables distributed processing 
> spatial data?
>
> Information
> - Two computers
> - Each computer has a spatial database
> - What happen?. If I want to obtain a spatial data from the computer # 
> 1 through mapserver and is not available this database. Can mapserver 
> look so automatic that spatial data in the database from the computer 
> computer # 2? 


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