[mapserver-users] Layer rendering performance problem

[Jeff McKenna]

On 11-05-11 12:53 PM, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> look at the mapserver utilities:
>
> shptree myshapefile
>
> This creates a spatial index (*.qix) and you should create one for every
> shapefile you are using.
>
> On Linux this will do the trick:
>
> find /path/data -name \*.shp -exec shptree {} \;
>
> If the .qix file is missing on every draw mapserver must create one on
> the fly in memory and the it throws it away.

Great point Steve, I always refer to this old page for those Windows and 
Unix commands when I am in a bind and need them run for all subfolders: 
http://www.mapserver.org/utilities/batch_utilities.html

-jeff


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