[mapserver-users] ShpTree

[Jochen Topf]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 02:35:41PM -0600, Gregor Mosheh wrote:
> 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)

I just verified this on Mapserver 5.0.0 (the on in current Ubuntu). It
tries to open "data/streets/streets.shp.qix" instead of
"data/streets/streets.gix".

But it looks like it has already been fixed in newer versions:
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/changeset/7566

Jochen
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