Using OGR, it handles considerably more than shapefiles. Using GDAL, it
handles a significant number of rasters and georeferences them.
Next question? Note that the radar WMS data are served via a Mapserver
instance. I use PostGIS for some of the geo-data, instead of shapes,
shapes for others, and MapInfo .map files for others. That's but a
subset of what you can use.
gerry
Dick C. Reichenbach wrote:
From what I've read (although it's been a while) the UMN mapserver uses
basic shapefile data from ERSI. It's no different from using the built
in shapefile support.
Dick R. - KC8OBZ
Curt Mills wrote:
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
I found out about this today:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/
And I have seen it in action many times over and not even realized
it! My
company uses this for an application we run.
Here's my question, I am a complete newbie when it comes to mapping
software
etc. How could something like this be utilized for Xastir if even
applicable? I would love the idea of having my own local mapserver to
serve/render my own maps locally and I am just looking for a starting
point.
If it serves up WMS maps, then Xastir can use them. If it only
serves up WFS maps, then Xastir has no support for it yet.
Here's a sample .geo file to try, use it to create your own that
might work with the above server. It helps greatly if you have
specs on the server or use a web browser to go in and query which
layers it supports first.
See below.
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