[mapserver-users] ShpTree

[Gregor Mosheh]

Jay Kapalczynski wrote:
> I am trying to figure out what I need to do/install/run to create a .qix 
> file (tile index) for a few of my shapefiles.
> I have looked this up on a few pages and still am confused.

Example:
    shptree streets.shp
That will create streets.qix

Note that for Mapserver (rather, OGR) to USE the qix file, you must not 
specify the .shp extension in your DATA statement. If you do, the qix 
will simply be skipped. e.g.
    DATA "data/streets/streets.shp"
should be:
    DATA "data/streets/streets"
(someone correct me if this has changed)

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