On Oct 5, 2010, at 3:22 PM, ext Roger André wrote:

> Whoops, indeed I was.

Using the MapServer layer in TileCache is also not recommended, since Python
Mapscript leaks like a sieve. (In theory, it might have slightly lower latency.
In practice, latency to a local HTTP host is so much lower than the time for 
rendering that it can be ignored.)

-- Chris

> Sorry.
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> 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
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> 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
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>> 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 
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