Whoops, indeed I was. Sorry. --
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Bart van den Eijnden <[email protected]>wrote: > There is no MapScript involved, this straight Mapserver CGI. > > I don't expect any noticeable performance difference. > > You're probably referring to TileCache? > > Best regards, > Bart > > -- > Looking for flexible support on OpenLayers or GeoExt? Please check out > http://www.osgis.nl/support.html > > Bart van den Eijnden > OSGIS > [email protected] > > On Oct 5, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Roger André wrote: > > Hey Chris, > > I thought the MapServer layer was faster, as it used the Python mapscript > module. Is that not the case? > > Roger > -- > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:03 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > Hi list members, >> > >> > I wonder what’s the difference between WMS layers and MapServer layers >> > from the OL client point of view. >> > I could substitute variables via the URL either way. Are there any >> > functionalities or performance characteristics that are only available >> > to one of them? >> > Is a MapServer layer faster? >> >> No. If you can use a WMS layer, you should. Basically, the MapServer layer >> was written for people who can't / couldn't use MapServer as a WMS due to a >> mapfile which wouldn't allow it. Its use is discouraged whenever possible. >> >> -- Chris >> >> >> > Best regards >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users > > >
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