MapServer and PostGIS GEOMETRY type

[Frank Warmerdam]

Delfos, Jacob wrote:
> Thanks, Flavio. Currently we're actually evaluating the "Professional
> edition" of FME. But I'd prefer to be able to recommend an Open-Source
> solution to our client, and I think ogr2ogr may be simpler to
> batch-process. But obviously at the end of the day I'll have to
> recommend whatever works best, even if it costs.

Jacob,

FME is an excellent investment for any shop doing a lot of GIS
data processing.  However, if the primary concern is splitting
a gis layer into geometry type specific layers, this can be
accomplished as described in the second FAQ at:

   http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FAQVector

Best regards,
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