As an alternative to arcIMS you might take a look at AutoDesk's MapGuide product: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/section/0,,939487-123112,00.html
Below is a site I did 3 or more years ago using MapGuide and CF. The site hasn't been fully maintained (I don't work there any more :-) and therefore has some problems, but you can get the idea. It uses vector based mapping which helps with speed and allows for things like reporting on "objects" (in this case parcel's of land) etc. and if you zoom in far enough, you can turn on the aerial photo (raster tiffs) and see things like houses, cars etc. http://www.barrowcountymaps.com/ Or take a look here: http://www.dot.co.pima.az.us/gis/maps/mapguide/ (I didn't develop this one) SK -----Original Message----- From: Richard Meredith-Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 1:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: ArcIMS and Cold Fusion > if you > sliced & diced your imagery (say aerial photos) properly you could build a > nifty image server w/cf. but real internet GIS/location stuff needs > something that knows geography. Depends what you call 'knows geography'. The maps at http://www.adventuredirectory.com work on this basis and are calibrated so it knows lat & long. The final presentation of nice raster maps is infinitely superior to most vector map systems I have seen which generally seem to zoom in to less and less useful info (rather than more, which I suppose is the point of them). Similar system at http://www.pti.org.uk "Haggerty, Mike" wrote: > > One idea that comes to mind about using Flash and shape data is Ming: > > http://ming.sourceforge.net/ > > This is a really cool module that lets you generate complete Flash apps on > the fly, including actionscript. > > While it is a little depressing to think it is not being worked on actively, > it may still be a technology of interest. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 11:10 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: ArcIMS and Cold Fusion > > > so if I am reading into this correctly....does it seem feasible to read > > esri shape file > > data into cf, into flash or both, and display vector based maps off that > > data? > > no, i'd let something else handle that. that something else could be arcIMS, > mapserver (some VERY interesting stuff going on there), etc. you might get > away w/cf as an image server (raster data) like ms's terraserver. if you > sliced & diced your imagery (say aerial photos) properly you could build a > nifty image server w/cf. but real internet GIS/location stuff needs > something that knows geography. > > i've seen a few flash frontends but these were almost all punk demos, that > said flash is one of the things on the mapserver developer's plate, could be > some interesting this around the corner. svg is another "well, maybe, > eventually" technology. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
