Thanks Bob. Yes, GeoMoose does seem impressive for what it can do out of the box. I noticed there is a GeoMoose mailing list and will likely signup for that. Quick question though: can the GeoMoose interface directly display png tiles (e.g., output from gdal2tiles/maptiler) or do rasters need to go through mapserver first? (I have some imagery and openstreetmap data I think would be best served through TMS tiles rather than mapserver raster data sources.)
- John On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Bob Basques <bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us>wrote: > John, > > First off, I'm close to the GeoMoose project, now having said that. . . > > GeoMoose will implement way faster out of the box. > > Usually, the biggest hurdle, is if you need to change the projection of > the data you are displaying. If all your data is in the same projection, > it's not a problem at all, pretty much can be a plug and play with the > datasets using the samples that come with the GeoMoose package. If you need > to pull data from other projections and overlay them onto your datasets then > things get decidedly trickier (in any application for that matter), although > once you have one layer working , it's usually not too big a deal to get > others working in GeoMoose too. > > Don't take my word for it though. I'm sure others will pop on here and > reply too, although, you might want to try the Mapserver list with the > question as well, there might be some other viewers out there as well that > might fit the bill. > > bobb > > > > > > >>> John Callahan <john.calla...@udel.edu> wrote: > > I'm looking for a web mapping package that can be used to show 15 - 20 > datasets at once. These data just need to be turned on/off and maybe an > identify/query feature. Data are points, lines, polygons, and rasters > (aerial imagery, DEMs, etc...) Basically, I'm looking for a way to show > these datasets to a few dozen colleagues located in various depts. > > So far, MapGuide OS and GeoMoose seem to be the two best options. I have > used Mapserver and Postgis before and could use these again. Vectors are > mostly shapefiles and rasters are img or ESRI grids (I could convert to png > tiles using GDAL or something similar.) > > > Any thoughts on the ease of setup/config of GeoMoose vs MapGuide OS? Any > other obvious packages I'm missing? (I know about ka-map but don't think > it's being developed, and may not add anything over GeoMoose/MapGuide.) In > the past, I've used ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server for such a purpose. However, > I'm looking for an open source solution. > > If all goes well, we may develop a more sophisticated application in the > future but for right now, viewing the data is most important. Thanks for > your help. > > - John > > ************************************************** > John Callahan, Geospatial Application Developer > Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware > URL: http://www.dgs.udel.edu > ************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- ************************************************** John Callahan, Geospatial Application Developer Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware URL: http://www.dgs.udel.edu **************************************************
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