[mapserver-users] HOWTO Split Large SHP Files

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> 
> Does mapserver utilize shape file spatial indexes?  I know at least in
> arcview that you can create an index on the "shape" field.   Would this
> work for Luca?

There are two utilities "shptree" and "tile4ms" which are part of the
mapserver utilities. See:

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/utils.html
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ShpTree

for more info.

-Steve