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Dec
18
comment Best practice for serving data to OpenLayers client
@wnstnsmth for completeness - GeoServer does ship with a tile cache tool (GeoWebCache). Also being pure Java will run on just about any platform.
Dec
18
comment How to make a visual realistic map containing mountain hiking trails/tracks?
use Google Earth?
Dec
18
comment How to display a lot of images with OpenLayers?
I'm sure you could do it with z-index, but in my experience of javascript web mapping APIs once you start trying to change how the API works you're heading down the wrong path. It might be worth going to the openlayers dev. mailing list and asking why this limit exists - perhaps some browsers start acting up beyond this number. If not they might give you a better idea of where to start. osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/OpenLayers-f3888594.html
Dec
17
comment How to display a lot of images with OpenLayers?
what's your back-end map server? It might allow you to render multiple layers as one image, which OpenLayers will then treat as one layer
Dec
13
answered Why is MapServer adding horizontal artifacts when projecting EPSG:4326 data to EPSG:3857?
Dec
11
comment How to manage the osmosis command line?
cloudmade extracts are good if you don't care too much about data currency: gis.stackexchange.com/questions/29250/…
Dec
10
comment Caching / Preloading data for use with WMS queries
@MarkDavidson I don't understand how changing query parameters is the problem - you said you used to serve up a KML export of the data (and presumably this was rendered on the client - you didn't specify). KML was abandoned because of the data volume. Exporting to Shp or FGDB is the same approach as the KML, but maps are rendered on the server instead. If you export the entire (joined) dataset to file the client can still pass parameters that restrict rendering of that file dataset in whatever way they want (using CQL or ogc:filter).
Dec
6
comment Can we use procedures in a Query layer (ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 & Server 10.1)?
+1, or another option is to publish the 'all data' layer and have ArcGIS Server clients use layerDefinitions (as per the API) to restrict what is mapped. In this scenario the client defines which clauses to apply, instead of a new Query Layer restricting the data.
Dec
6
answered Caching / Preloading data for use with WMS queries
Dec
5
comment GeoServer Layer Preview Stopped Working
test previewing the layer in png or any other static format. Do you see a result, or an error message? If you get a blank image your layer's bounding box might be off.
Dec
4
comment Could not load class 'dijit.layout.BorderContainer
following @Gunner, javascriptlint.com/online_lint.php to check your JS syntax (it's much nicer to deal with than jslint - personally I object to a syntax checker telling me I have 'too much whitespace')
Nov
30
comment Open source Cloud GIS
I wouldn't want to manage up to 100GB of data in shapefiles
Nov
30
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Nov
29
comment ogr2ogr / GDAL remove features in FileGDB while in use by ArcGIS Server map service
@ChadCooper that's what I was doing today and didn't see any issues. I checked the AGS log to be sure but nothing in there. I had my browser application periodically requesting maps from the service too. I think the only restriction is that you can't change the schema (including dropping and recreating the layer) while the service is running
Nov
28
accepted ogr2ogr / GDAL remove features in FileGDB while in use by ArcGIS Server map service
Nov
28
comment ogr2ogr / GDAL remove features in FileGDB while in use by ArcGIS Server map service
@blah238 Amazing! this worked: ogrinfo -dialect FileGDB -sql "delete from table_name" <path to>.gdb I got errors trying to use truncate table table_name and truncate table_name. Do you want to add your suggestion as an answer?
Nov
28
comment ogr2ogr / GDAL remove features in FileGDB while in use by ArcGIS Server map service
@blah238 I really like the idea but I don't understand how to send SQL to the FileGDB driver. The link isn't exhaustive. The best I can come up with is ogr2ogr -dialect FileGDB <path to>.gdb -sql "delete from table" but so far no joy
Nov
28
revised ogr2ogr / GDAL remove features in FileGDB while in use by ArcGIS Server map service
cURL details
Nov
28
revised ogr2ogr / GDAL remove features in FileGDB while in use by ArcGIS Server map service
referenced 10.1 rest admin svc
Nov
28
asked ogr2ogr / GDAL remove features in FileGDB while in use by ArcGIS Server map service