Re: [OpenLayers-Users] WMS layers vs. MapServer layers and WFS

2010-10-06 Thread Bart van den Eijnden
Hi Stefanie, you would use an OpenLayers.Layer.Vector with a OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS properly configured for your Mapserver WFS (featureType and featureNS). You can combine this e.g. with a BBOX Strategy, so that is retrieved when the map extent changes. Best regards, Bart -- Looking for fle

[OpenLayers-Users] WMS layers vs. MapServer layers and WFS

2010-10-06 Thread Stefanie Weykam
OK, I understand that while there is no difference in performance between layer.WMS and layer.MapServer objects I could use the latter on a mapfile which is not enabled as WMS. I would thus restrict the publication to my own geoportal and not make the map (image!) available to other WMS client

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] WMS layers vs. MapServer layers

2010-10-05 Thread christopher.schmidt
On Oct 5, 2010, at 3:22 PM, ext Roger André wrote: > Whoops, indeed I was. Using the MapServer layer in TileCache is also not recommended, since Python Mapscript leaks like a sieve. (In theory, it might have slightly lower latency. In practice, latency to a local HTTP host is so much lower than

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] WMS layers vs. MapServer layers

2010-10-05 Thread Roger André
Whoops, indeed I was. Sorry. -- On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: > There is no MapScript involved, this straight Mapserver CGI. > > I don't expect any noticeable performance difference. > > You're probably referring to TileCache? > > Best regards, > Bart > > -- > Look

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] WMS layers vs. MapServer layers

2010-10-05 Thread Bart van den Eijnden
There is no MapScript involved, this straight Mapserver CGI. I don't expect any noticeable performance difference. You're probably referring to TileCache? Best regards, Bart -- Looking for flexible support on OpenLayers or GeoExt? Please check out http://www.osgis.nl/support.html Bart van d

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] WMS layers vs. MapServer layers

2010-10-05 Thread Roger André
Hey Chris, I thought the MapServer layer was faster, as it used the Python mapscript module. Is that not the case? Roger -- On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:03 AM, wrote: > >Hi list members, > > > > I wonder what’s the difference between WMS layers and MapServer layers > > from the OL client poi

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] WMS layers vs. MapServer layers

2010-10-05 Thread christopher.schmidt
>Hi list members, > > I wonder what’s the difference between WMS layers and MapServer layers > from the OL client point of view. > I could substitute variables via the URL either way. Are there any > functionalities or performance characteristics that are only available > to one of them? > Is a

[OpenLayers-Users] WMS layers vs. MapServer layers

2010-10-05 Thread Stefanie Weykam
Hi list members, I wonder what’s the difference between WMS layers and MapServer layers from the OL client point of view. I could substitute variables via the URL either way. Are there any functionalities or performance characteristics that are only available to one of them? Is a MapServer l