[mapserver-users] Creating maps from external gml files

[Lid Sjur Ringheim]

Hi,

I'm developing an application that creates gml files and displays them in OpenLayers. This creates a small problem when the amount of point data becomes to large, so I was thinking of using a wms server to create a single layer based on the data.

The problem I'm now facing is that I can't be sure that I can run the application (developed in Java as a webservice) on the same server that we are running Mapserver so I can't base the generation of the wms service on local data. I have been trying to find out if it's possible to use Mapserver to generate images based on input from the user but I can't seem to find any information on this.

Do any of you know if it is possible to generate images based on input from the user (in form of a gml file or anything else). I have looked at the Web Map Context but that seems to only work if I already have a wms server to output data.

If this isn't possible to do in Mapserver do anyone know if there is another way to do this?

Kind regards,
Sjur Ringheim Lid
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