Hi Jerôme, Why don't you contact directly some guys that can really help you?
GeoSolutions (Europe) https://www.geo-solutions.it/contacts/ Boundless Geo (USA) https://boundlessgeo.com/contact/ You will be amazed that you are not left alone on the hands of proprietary multinational companies! ;-) Best of luck! 2018-04-09 7:31 GMT+01:00 Jérôme DUCKERS <jerome.duck...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > Thank you for all your comment. > > I'm part of a big company with a lot of money and an old mentality :( > thinking that if you pay, you've the best service. > But now, we are facing the wall, and we need to take decisions. > > More, since 1 year, we are facing a big migration of our applications to > SAP. And for now only Esri is positioning itself as a leader in SAP :( > So, we bought some licenses to provide some map/feature services. > Unfortunately, we already see the limitations of the products. > > > > In terms of infrastructure, we are using Oracle Database with > SDO_GEOMETRY. We refused to work with ST_GEOMETRY, we want to be as generic > as possible. > Idem for the front end, everything is thought to use a different viewer > (Autodesk, esri, Google, ....). > > > > So if i understand correctly, no one has been confronted with this forced > migration ? > > > Jérôme. > > 2018-04-04 20:38 GMT+02:00 Ricardo Pinho <ricardodepi...@gmail.com>: > >> > Data is EVERYTHING. >> >> That's correct... you should watch the Arnulf (OSGeo) video @ Foss4g 2016! >> foss4g-2016-1060-software comes and goes mind the data [Arnulf] - hd on >> Vimeo <https://vimeo.com/187556741>And the KEEP USING OPEN FORMATS is >> the only way to have full access and control of YOUR DATA!!! >> Don't let them fool you, only TRUE FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE can >> guarantee interoperability! >> >> There are fantastic and enterprise REAL FREE OPEN SOURCE alternatives to >> Mapguide OS and AIMS: >> https://www.osgeo.org/choose-a-project/mapping-and-cartograp >> hy/mapping-services/ >> >> >> >> 2018-04-04 18:56 GMT+01:00 GordonL <gordon.luck...@arrowgeomatics.com>: >> >>> I really want to be a cynic and to tell management to stop using things >>> like >>> Google (open source) and basically most of the web running on Linux. >>> >>> There would be a more of risk to management to move to a platform that is >>> not as "open" as MGOS. However, the key to any thing is the DATA. Data >>> is >>> EVERYTHING. >>> >>> So, if you do go with ArcGIS Server, for example, make sure your data is >>> a >>> format that all GISes can see. For example, most GIS systems can see SHP >>> (not SDF). >>> >>> But above all, the data should be stored in a database such as Oracle, >>> SQL >>> Server or PostgreSQL & PostGIS. >>> >>> If you do store your data in a database, especially with ArcGIS >>> Enterprise, >>> make sure you are using the databases' native Geometry format and not >>> ESRI >>> Proprietary st geom. >>> >>> Your life will be way easier. >>> >>> If your data is in a neutral database, all GIS systems can view and edit >>> the >>> data (given permissions) and regardless of what comes down the pipe >>> (Autodesk/ESRI/Tesla/Amazon GIS) you are in a position to take advantage. >>> >>> DATA is EVERYTHING. >>> >>> gordon >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/MapGuide-Users-f4182607. >>> html >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mapguide-users mailing list >>> mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mapguide-users mailing list >> mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > -- Ricardo Pinho
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