[mapserver-users] ESRI file geodatabase and php mapscript

[Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH]

OGR does work with ESRI FileGDB tables that are non-spatial.

Mike

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Michael Smith

Remote Sensing/GIS Center
US Army Corps of Engineers



On 6/22/12  1:25 PM, "Jeff McKenna" <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:

>On 12-06-22 12:46 PM, Brian Fischer wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I was wondering if anyone is willing to share any experience they have
>> had with using an ESRI File Geodatabase with MapServer.  Specifically
>> I¹m wondering about:
>> 
>> 1)      How is the performance when compared against other data sources
>> for rendering maps?  Does OGR/GDAL make use of spatial indexes?
>> 
>> 2)      Can a file geodatabase be accessed through PHP or Python
>> mapscript for querying/searching?
>> 
>> 3)      Could I access a standalone table (non-spatial table) that is
>> stored in a file geodatabase with mapscript?  Many want to use this for
>> joins and relates in my queries.
>> 
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>Hi Brian,
>
>We did start to look at FileGDB support in MapServer during last year's
>WMS Benchmarking exercise.  At the time we were a little early for this
>testing, as the FileGDB driver was still going through development; but
>now, FileGDB has been available in MS4W since January, and we might take
>a look at this again for the upcoming WMS Benchmarking exercise for
>September (this may address your performance questions).
>
>As for your specific mapscript questions, as MapServer uses OGR to
>connect to FileGDB layers, you should be able to connect to that layer
>through mapscript with a CONNECTIONTYPE OGR, no different than other OGR
>connections.
>
>That's a good question about non-spatial tables, did you try an ogrinfo
>on that table?  Give that a try with MS4W, and then if you can see the
>table with ogrinfo then you'll know that at least GDAL/OGR can access it.
>
>-jeff
>
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>-- 
>Jeff McKenna
>MapServer Consulting and Training Services
>http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
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