[mapserver-users] Slides for MapServer Project Report @foss4gna

[Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)]

Daniel,

My first blast at it was to concentrate on the LAYER tag as a blob in a database. There is definitely room on the DB side to split this blob out at some point, but first things first. This would simply be a method for aligning the LAYER content with the DATA being used for the layer. It would also allow us a method of abstracting out the cartography elements to a certain degree for letting the user define things. We use MapServer a little differently within GeoMoose in that every layer can have it's own mapfile, which abstracts things more than most installations.  We do still have some complicated multi-data layers however, and these may break the whole notion of DB stored fragments.

I've read the stuff on the DBINCLUDE as it's come along, and also added in the idea of doing a Web call in a similar fashion SCRIPTINCLUDE or URLINCLUDE might be better. I've done my share of PERL MapFile assemblers in my time with MapServer, so I'm keenly interested in where this all goes.  I've also tried some things with SLDs that fell short of providing the MapServer capabilities (in my mind) related to automation, etc.

I'll keep an eye out for progress on these items as then happen.

Thanks

Bobb



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Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Slides for MapServer Project Report @foss4gna

On 13-06-07 2:08 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote:
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> We're in the middle of redesigning some Mapping infrastructure here, and the SVG and ScribeUI stuff looks very interesting.  I wonder, is there some option in the ScribeUI side for putting certain MapFile elements into a database?  We've been wrestling with this idea for some time, and I'm wondering about trying something like this for some of our layers.  The ScribeUI stuff seems like it might be a tool to use for keeping things in a common design format for example.
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Hi Bob,

Short answer is that no, there is no option to store/manage mapfiles in a database in the current ScribeUI plans. However, once ScribeUI is out in the wild as an open source project, one could possibly extend it to support something along those lines.

BTW, the Google Summer of Code project has been accepted on May 27 and we'll try to get our student to release something for the community to look at ASAP... quite likely in the next few weeks, so please stay tuned.

And on the topic of storing mapfile elements in a database, Mike Smith has been promoting the idea of a DBINCLUDE concept for some time. That hasn't happened yet, but might be another avenue that might serve your needs if it was to happen or if you'd like to help make it happen. The first step would be to define exactly how such a mechanism would work of course.

Daniel
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Daniel Morissette
http://www.mapgears.com/
Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000

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