Also there is the LAYER TILEINDEX http://mapserver.org/optimization/tileindex.html#tileindex that may do that you need. Like a virtual mosaic.
2011/9/12 Rahkonen Jukka <[email protected]> > Hi, > > You will do it with "ogrtileindex". Read > http://www.mapserver.org/optimization/tileindex.html > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote: > > > On Sep 11, 2011, at 9:05 PM, JIAJIA WANG wrote: > > >> The data in the shapefile are suburb boundaries, but I got several > > shapefiles, one shapefile for one state. I want a map showing the whole > > country's suburb boundaries. > > That's can be done by defining several layers (one layer reads one > > shapefile) in one mapfile. But actually there are not conflicts between > > these shapefiles. So I want to know is there any way to define only one > > layer and read the data from all these shapefiles. > > > > I am pretty sure (but not 100%) that you can have only one data source > per layer. That said, you could either combine all the shapefiles into a > single countrywide shapefile, or you could create separate layers, and then > create a layer group (I am pretty sure you can group the layers into one... > its been a long time, and I am just coming back to MapServer, so check the > docs). That way, all the different layers for different states will behave > as if they are a single layer. From the docs -- > > GROUP [name] > Name of a group that this layer belongs to. The group name can then be > reference as a regular > layer name in the template files, allowing to do things like turning on > and off a group of > layers at once. > > > > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Mr. Puneet Kishor <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> On Sep 11, 2011, at 8:10 PM, jjwang wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I know that the DATA statement should be given a data source of the > >> layer. > >>> What if the data comes from multi shapefiles? > >>> Can I give it a list of shapefiles and how to write it? > >>> > >> > >> > >> Generally a LAYER maps to a shapefile or a table in a db. It is hard for > me > >> to imagine how one layer could have data from two or more shapefiles. > >> Perhaps more explanation would help here. > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >
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