Re: [Opengrads-devel] Shapefile extension: first crack

[Efren S. <efr...@me...>]

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/svg-howto

Note that Mapserver is built on the GDAL/OGR library and hence, it can =
be
extended to pretty much generate anything one wants from a single ESRI
Shapefile.

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Of Arlindo da Silva
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [Opengrads-devel] Shapefile extension: first crack


On Nov 27, 2007 4:18 PM, Efren Serra <efr...@me...>
wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Meteorology/Oceanography isn't gis either; that is something ESRI has=20
> never understood.  I think Mapserver is as much GIS as GoogleEarth is; =

> it supports WMS, WCS, WFS protocols, etc., and even KML.  GoogleEarth=20
> is certainly a nice viewer/client.  Mapserver is a server not a client =

> so there is no comparison.  You could point a GoogleEarth client to a=20
> Mapserver server that returns KML.
>

Can Mapserver understand SVG? I mean, with the appropriate metadata =
provided
via a .map file.

    Arlindo.

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