You are right, the idea would be to cache the file somewhere, if possible in chunks.
Andrea > How would that work? There's no random access to URL's they're a stream > of data. You can't seek in a file that is a URL. > > -e > > -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Andrea Antonello > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] shape as url > > > Hi, > Is there a way to set the map path for shapefiles and grassdatas and > whatever > as an URL? > The idea is to get the stuff working from inside a content management > system, > where the unix datapath is lost and an url is assigned to it. That would > ease > the possibility to archive datasets with different views and make them > browsable and searchable. > > Thanks, > Andrea -- ____________________________________________________________________________ HydroloGIS - Environmental Open Source Solutions www.hydrologis.com Andrea Antonello Environmental Engineer mobile: +393288497722 "Let it be as much a great honour to take as to give learning, if you want to be called wise." Skuggsja' - The King's mirror - 1240 Reykjavik ____________________________________________________________________________
