Thanks for the great suggestion. We have looked at this but we will need something that can go to a much larger scale.
Bruce Cheney -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of percy Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:11 AM To: Bruce Cheney Cc: mapserver Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] National basemap data - WMS service You might be able to get what you need from the USGS' National Map http://nationalmap.gov/ Depends on what scale you need... Cheers, Percy Bruce Cheney wrote: > I have been trying to hunt down a good US national basemap to use > through mapserver, preferably a WMS service (unless there is a better > option). Alternatively I am also looking to put together our own > national basemap to use. I assume some of you have already been down > this road so maybe can help. > > Here is where I have made it so far but I am struggling to find the > good solution. Google, Yahoo, etc would require an annual fee (not > cheap) to connect to their data (because parts of our site would make > money even if it is not the maps). I am still trying to find out if > they will give permission to connect as a WMS service. From this user > group I get the impression that that might not happen. If we couldn't > use WMS then we would have to connect through something like > openlayers (still requiring the annual fee from the provider). > > If we try to create our own basemap, so far TIGER looks like it has > the most accurate roads, water features, etc. But the data all is > chunked out by the county. That could get hairy to put together in > one and troublesome to load the proper layers if left separate. Not > to mention the size might require a small server farm. > > Is there a better WMS connection we could use? > Is there a better basemap option? > Is there a way to connect to OpenStreetMap (I couldn't find one)? > Will I have hair left when I solve this problem? > > Thanks all for any help you can give. > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > -- David Percy Geospatial Data Manager Geology Department Portland State University http://gisgeek.pdx.edu 503-725-3373 _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users