[mapserver-users] Question on Feature Use

[Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)]

All,

We’ve used this in the past , and to some extent still do, but it’s on the fringe right now.

One thing though, I always looked at this as a backup method to get something working when everything else didn’t work as well as some debugging of calls.

I use it mostly when trying to integrate more than one service together, or need to call a MapService from something like PERL for example.   It’s not something I generally depend on anymore, but I did cut my teeth on the capability while learning MapServer configuration steps, etc.

Bobb



From: MapServer-users <mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Steve Lime <steve.lime at state.mn.us>
Date: Friday, January 14, 2022 at 11:17 AM
To: "mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org" <mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: [mapserver-users] Question on Feature Use

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Hi all: This is in regard to https://mapserver.org/cgi/controls.html#changing-map-file-parameters-via-a-form-or-a-url – we’re seriously thinking about dropping this functionality as part of 8.0. It’s just not as relevant as in the past with improvements runtime substitutions and SLD. This will allow us to simplify the code related to mapfile processing a good bit and just make things easier to maintain in the long run. I am curious if and how folks are using this feature – just to identify high-value use cases that we might need to address.

--Steve

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