[mapserver-users] Tracking vehicles, Displaying positions

[Carmelo Saffioti]

Thank you Venkat for your reply,
it's interesting to know that it's possible to access coordinates data
directly from the MySql db...
but before displaying points on the map, I need to understand how can I
"create" a map from my planimetry DWG cad file...

I hope you can help me
Cheers
Carmelo


Hi,

   1)There are different ways to place GPS points on map.
     a)  You can display points using OGR direct connection, Please refer
below url
            http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/ogrmysql/?searchterm=ovf

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/debian-odbc-mysql/?searchterm=ovf

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/vector_data/VirtualSpatialData/?searchterm=ovf

2)And You can not create DWG file by using mapfile.Mapfile will give you
image format.
Please have a look below url.

  http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/vector_data/format_types

I hope this helps you.

Thanks,
Venkat



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Saffioti
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Subject: [mapserver-users] Tracking vehicles, Displaying positions

Hi everybody,
I need to develop a system for tracking and displaying vehicles
positions. I'm storing NMEA gps sentences into a MySql DB. Now I'd
like to display these positions on a map. How can I do? I'm new to
this, can you give me any suggestion?
I have to create the map too, because this zone is not mapped. Is it
possible to create a map from a DWG cad file?

I hope you can help me
Cheers
Carmelo