artemp/trac2github — Issue #683: Allow late-binding of datasource from load_map()
Author: artemp
Created: 2011-10-09 20:46:53+00:00
State: open
Labels: Core_Library

Similar to http://trac.mapnik.org/ticket/622, it would be good to allow late binding of datasource when using mapnik.load_map() or .load_map_from_string().

This could allow modifying a mapfile even if datasource are not valid (shapefile not present, database not available, ...).