[mapserver-users] Shape files or KMLs- rendering which among this is faster?

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Sowmya,

In my hands-on training workshops for MapServer I still recommend
keeping things fast and efficient with shapefiles for vectors (with .qix
index files) and geotiffs for rasters (indexed with gdaltindex).  Of
course for clients I implement KML files and different database
backends, and speeds are still blazing fast, and then also these days
most implement caching of images (through the great project MapCache),
so some will argue that speed is not an issue: not me though, I still
recommend keeping thing blazing fast and optimal, even if you're seeding
a large cache.

-jeff


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





On 2013-06-26 5:30 PM, Sowmya Tiramdasu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
>    Can anyone suggest which input format ( Shape file or KML file) will
> the mapserver render faster and efficiently? Also, my requirement is to
> classify my features and have different symbology for them. So, is it a
> good idea for me to save all my features(points/lines/polygons) in to a
> shape file or a KML file?
> 
>  
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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