Hi Jukka, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. No I haven't tried this. How is this done and what is the benefit? Aren't Shape files already indexed?
Regards, Jon-Paul. On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Rahkonen Jukka <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > No answers but a question back. Have you created spatial index (.qix) for > your shapefiles with shptree? > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > Jon-Paul Dobson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > Whenever I display a layer based on a Shape file I notice that the Shape > file is accessed constantly. This makes rendering extremely slow when > compared to, for example, ESRI ArcIMS which appears to cache the Shape > file. > Is there an equivalent caching mechanism for Map Server? ArcIMS seems to > render an order of magnitude faster when the number of symbols runs into > the > 1000s > > > > > Similarly, whenever I display layer symbols using a truetype font I > notice > that the .ttf file is accessed for every symbol. This makes rendering > appallingly slow. Is there also any caching mechanism to prevent this? > > > > > Any insight anyone can give would be much appreciated. > > > Best regards, > Jon-Paul. > >
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