[mapserver-users] kml superoverlays

Even Rouault even.rouault at spatialys.com
Wed Jan 13 09:20:32 PST 2016


Le mercredi 13 janvier 2016 17:59:46, Páll Péter Hunor a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for tip, I already have seen that option, but I have not found
> any example how to use it.
> Does anybody have any experience with that?

You can refer to general raster input documentation :
http://mapserver.org/input/raster.html

Check first with gdalinfo that the KML superoverlay is properly recognized. If 
that works, you should also be able to open it in a desktop GIS such as QGIS.

> 
> Hunor
> 
> On 2016.01.13. 17:32, Even Rouault wrote:
> > Le mercredi 13 janvier 2016 17:15:12, Páll Péter Hunor a écrit :
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> Does mapserver support raster layers using kml superoverlays as data
> >> source, similar to shapefile based tileindexes?
> >> I did not find any solution, but I still might exist...
> >> Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > GDAL supports opening kml superoverlays file as rasters (probably with
> > some caveats), so you can try adding DATA your.kml or your.kmz in the
> > mapfile.
> > 
> > (no docs apart mentionning it in
> > http://gdal.org/formats_list.html )
> > 
> >> Regards,
> >> Hunor

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