[mapserver-users] File Format Performance

[Pavel Iacovlev]

There is no best file format, if you want max performance and you have
static data use TileCache. PostGIS will give you better for
performance of spatial manipulations like select by bbox, or select
using some index as well as well as flexibility and scalability.
Reading all data and rendering it will be faster using Shape files.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:43 AM, Ian Tidy<IANT at napier.govt.nz> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I know this will be a bit of an open question, but I am looking for a
> general answer.
>
> Currently I use ESRI Shape files with my MapServer implementation (and this
> performs OK), but I am building a new server and I have installed PostgreSQL
> on this new server.
>
> So what I want to know is:
>
> 1.      Are ESRI Shape files the best file format for MapServer?
>
> 2.      Will storing all my data in PostgreSQL be faster (at rendering with
> php_mapscript) than ESRI Shape files?
>
> 3.      Is there another options that is better (faster) than PostgreSQL or
> Shape files (e.g. another file format)?
>
> Cheers Ian
>
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