[Dspatial-develop] Re: Mapserver dll and DSpatial
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From: Patrick <pva...@us...> - 2005-07-24 17:59:32
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Hi Bart, I don't know exactly how DSpatial comes into the picture, but I doubt if it would be useful. Mapserver itself is a front-end application, so if you want to integrate DSpatial with it, the latter would be a backend data provider, much like for instance PostGIS. However, most (all?) data formats supported by DSpatial are also available through GDAL, which is already integrated with Mapserver. I am, however, interested in the possibility, although you would be on your own mostly as I do not have a lot of time to devote to this. What would potentially be possible and interesting is having Mapserver initiate and handle requests to *process* data, rather than simply visualize it. I do not know if this possible at all, but it would be worthwhile investigating it. Let me know what you intend to do, if anything at all, and I'll see where I can be of help. Groeten, Patrick Lead developer "Bart van den Eijnden" <BE...@Sy...> wrote in message news:s2e...@sy...... Hi list, we are currently looking into the possibility of turning UMN Mapserver (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu) into a C dll accessible with a Delphi interface. Could DSpatial be used/extended as a front-end for this? I can think this is problematic because most of the stuff DSpatial does is then managed by Mapserver internals (visualize, symbology, reading data, query, project data etc). I would love to hear some ideas though how this could be integrated. I did see PROJ.4 integration is on the DSpatial wish list, maybe this could open up some possiblities. Hope to hear from you guys. Best regards, Bart Bart van den Eijnden Syncera IT Solutions Postbus 270 2600 AG DELFT tel.nr.: 015-7512436 email: BE...@Sy... ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=ick |