[mapserver-users] Layer rendering performance problem

[Jeff McKenna]

On 11-05-11 12:47 PM, Jon-Paul Dobson wrote:
> Hi Jukka,
> Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. No I haven't tried this. How
> is this done and what is the benefit? Aren't Shape files already indexed?
> Regards,
> Jon-Paul.

Jukka is right, always make sure to run the shptree commandline utility 
on all of your ESRI shapefiles before using them in MapServer 
(http://mapserver.org/utilities/shptree.html).  You'll see huge speed 
differences.

-jeff


-- 
Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/