On 12/21/05, Paolo Cavallini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > I have seen on the home page that MapServer supports MySQL tables via OGR, > which however does not have support for spatial data. Could someone point out > a resource to understand this better, or give us a brief overview of MySQL > support in UMN MS?
Paolo, I would add that over the next few weeks Howard Butler and I will be extending OGR with quite complete support for the MySQL spatial capabilities. This work is being supported by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans. So, for those wanting to use the spatial capabilities of MySQL in MapServer or other OGR enabled applications, hopefully something will be available pretty soon. Contact Howard or I if you want to do early testing. I would stress that MySQL's spatial support still falls short of what PostGIS does for you in a number of ways, but for those just wanting to hold and query spatial data efficiently it well might be a good solution. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent
