On 16 August 2010 13:41, Peter <web...@pl.net> wrote: > And theres something called mapserver which seems to be a complete service. > Sounds heavy.
MapServer is not so much a complete server, as just a simple CGI executable (about a megabyte in size). You only need to craft a MAP file, which is a tricky text file telling the layer source and how it is stylized. You can connect to most things, including MySQL[1] and Shapefiles. To get a PNG, you only need to POST a few parameters to the executable, and it sends you the image file back. You can also use it with MapScript for PHP or Python. There is lots of documentation[2] and even a book[3]. -Mike [1] http://mapserver.org/input/vector/mysql.html [2] http://mapserver.org/introduction.html [3] http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590594908 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss