Create a TileIndex shape file for raster data dynamically

[Gregor Mosheh]

Zhonghai Wang wrote:
> I am just wondering if there is someway to create the tile 
> index file dynamically using MapScript or GDAL/OGR, not only use the 
> MapServer utilities.

The way we've done it still uses the GDAL/OGR utilities as usual,
e.g. in PHP:
  @unlink($indexfile);
  shell_exec("gdaltindex $indexfile /maps/$username/*.tif");

Not particularly creative, but not particularly hackish either, and 
quite functional and flexible. What exactly did you have in mind?

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