[MS4W-Users] using shptree.exe on a server

Wed Jul 15 14:10:56 EST 2015

Ian's reply is really good. If you're lazy you can just copy the *.dll into
the same directory as shtree.exe

But be sure that you update the qix index immediately after edits occur.
You're better off w/o an index than with an out of date index.

Best regards,
Rich

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Mark Volz <MarkVolz at co.lyon.mn.us> wrote:

>  Hello,
>
>
>
> Thanks you everyone for your help.  I will test out the ideas and see if
> they work!
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> *Mark Volz*
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Ian Tidy [mailto:IANT at napier.govt.nz]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:53 PM
> *To:* Mark Volz; Richard Greenwood
> *Cc:* ms4w-users at lists.maptools.org
> *Subject:* RE: [MS4W-Users] using shptree.exe on a server
>
>
>
> You can run shptree from any path to any subject on another path (but I
> don’t think a UNC).  You are probably best to have a batch file that you
> can call which is within you standard path.
>
>
>
> The trick is to make sure that the paths where MS4W, the executable and
> any required DLL is available to the user.
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>
> Your batch file could contain something like (I have not tested this)
>
> @echo off
>
> SET OGR_HOME=\ms4w\tools\gdal-ogr
>
> SET
> PATH=\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin;\ms4w\tools\gdal-ogr;\ms4w\tools\mapserv;\ms4w\tools\shapelib;\ms4w\proj\bin;\ms4w\tools\shp2tile;\ms4w\tools\shpdiff;\ms4w\tools\avce00;\ms4w\python\gdal;%PATH%
>
> SET GDAL_DATA=\ms4w\gdaldata
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> SET GDAL_DRIVER_PATH=\ms4w\gdalplugins
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> SET PROJ_LIB=\ms4w\proj\nad
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> set SDK_ROOT=%~dp0
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> set SDK_ROOT=%SDK_ROOT:\\=\%
>
> SET DEST=%SDK_ROOT%lds
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> set SDK_TOOLS=%SDK_ROOT%tools\
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> :: echo %SDK_ROOT%
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> SET PYTHONPATH=%SDK_TOOLS%gdal\python;%SDK_TOOLS%ms\python
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> "%SHP_TREE%\shptree.exe" %1
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> I extracted this from a batch file that I use for creating shape files
> from a WFS feed.
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> Regards,
>
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>
> *Ian Tidy*
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> GIS Developer/Analyst
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> *From:* ms4w-users-bounces at lists.maptools.org [
> mailto:ms4w-users-bounces at lists.maptools.org
> <ms4w-users-bounces at lists.maptools.org>] *On Behalf Of *Mark Volz
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 15 July 2015 2:21 a.m.
> *To:* Richard Greenwood
> *Cc:* ms4w-users at lists.maptools.org
> *Subject:* Re: [MS4W-Users] using shptree.exe on a server
>
>
>
> Richard,
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>
>
> I apologize for the confusion.  What I would really like to know is if it
> is possible to have the shptree executable on the server so that anyone on
> the network can build the qix files without having a copy of ms4w on their
> local machine.
>
>
>
> The reason why I mentioned connecting ms4w to a network drive is that I
> thought at one time I read something that MS4W must be installed on the
> root folder of a computer such as C:\MS4W or D:\MS4W...  So I thought maybe
> MS4W (or shapetree) might possibly work if we link the network share
> something like N:\MS4W  as opposed to N:\GISScripts\Update\MS4W.
>
>
>
> I doubt it is possible to run shptree and the associated ms4w files on the
> server, but if it is then it would remove the dependency of having MS4W
> installed on every computer that might be used to push out updates.
>
> Thank You
>
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> *Mark Volz*
>
>
>
> *From:* Richard Greenwood [mailto:richard.greenwood at gmail.com
> <richard.greenwood at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* Monday, July 13, 2015 8:28 PM
> *To:* Mark Volz
> *Cc:* ms4w-users at lists.maptools.org
> *Subject:* Re: [MS4W-Users] using shptree.exe on a server
>
>
>
> I'm pretty sure that shptree can index a shapefile on a network share. But
> I don't think I follow you.
>    “net use n: \\myserver\myshare”
> Just maps the directory to N: and has nothing to do with shptree. It
> shouldn't throw any errors and if sucessful you should be able to do
>    dir n:\
> and see your data, and the
>    shptree N:\some.shp
> and get some.qix
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Mark Volz <MarkVolz at co.lyon.mn.us> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I was wondering can shptree.exe run on a networked server drive?  I would
> like to move all of my Geoprocessing scripts, including the qix file
> generation onto a server.  When I tried to run “net use n:
> \\myserver\myshare” I received an error that libmap.dll is missing.
>
>
>
> Has anyone had any success with running shptree on a server, or do we have
> to keep it on our local machine?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark V
>
>
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