Are the issues the problem that you have no network access between your mapserver and your Postgis server or that you want to have your data consumable by simple RSS clients?
If that is not the issue, not sure what benefit spitting out RSS would do. Wouldn't you be better off just using Postgis directly as a Mapserver datasource and then using Mapserver's built-in WFS/WMS capabilities to feed your WFS/WMS clients? Another project you might want to look at which I think may be doing what you are trying to achieve is Web feature server which is a Restful service. http://featureserver.org/ I haven't used it myself but from my readings - it can use a PostGIS datastore and output GeoRss among other datasources and outputs. I think the server backend is written in Python. Hope that helps, Regina -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [postgis-users] Postgis-RSS feeds Has anybody explored outputting (or automatically updating) GIS layers from Postgis to remote mapserver or cartoweb WFS clients using RSS feeds? Is this practicable/more simple/or a nightmare?? I am working on distributing attribute information in a simple text/reporting dashboard, which will have a WFS client- so would like to explore if RSS is a possible method to set up and distribute content for remote user ( very non-technical people) viewing. Thakns much! Glenn Brooks _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users ----------------------------------------- The substance of this message, including any attachments, may be confidential, legally privileged and/or exempt from disclosure pursuant to Massachusetts law. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
