[mapserver-users] A weird(er) question about data sources?

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Hi Bob,

For raster data using GDAL, I thought you could open remote URLs like 
AWS data stores, etc. Would that work for you?
https://www.gdal.org/gdal_virtual_file_systems.html

-Steve W

On 12/11/2018 2:14 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote:
> All,
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> Not sure where I really want to go with this, but . . .
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> Anyone tried using a Dropbox (linked) location for Mapserver DATA 
> links?  I’m wondering about using Dropbox (or a mechanism like it) as 
> a way to handle easy data harvest tasking for MapServer.  A backend 
> approach to running a distributed way to collect update from file 
> based DATA stores?
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> Thoughts?
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> bobb
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> it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil 
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