If you don't need the placing of points to be a web-based application,
you might want to try either qgis or udig. Both will allow you to
create GIS data that you can then use in mapserver to display.
If you need it to be a web-based application, then your best bet is to
use OpenLayers. Despite the apparent learning curve, it really is not
all that difficult to get mapserver working with OpenLayers.
Getting MapServer to work as a WMS server is actually trivial - all
you really need is to make sure your map has a PROJECTION defined
using an epsg code and you add some METADATA blocks with at least
wms_title and wms_srs. There are some excellent documents on how to
do this at mapserver.org
Getting started with OpenLayers is even easier, there are a huge
number of examples with clear descriptions and code and the users
mailing list is very helpful.
Cheers
Paul
On 2009-10-06, at 6:58 AM, Alex G. wrote:
Hi all,
Apologies if this is the incorrect list but I would like to ask for
advice on how to implement my idea.
I've been fiddling with a FGS installation of MapServer and things
seem to be going pretty well: I was able to display some shapefiles
I was sent using the Gmap example but now I need to able to draw
points on the map - meaning that if a user clicks on the map, a dot/
pin appears on the map.
The idea is to able to record that pin and the layers (that were
enabled at the time) and save them to a database and later show that
data on the map itself.
But first things first, how could I go about placing points/pins? I
am guessing I am going to need a toolset? I was told that OpenLayers
might be able to do what I am asking but it looks a bit complicated
for me (setting MapServer as WMS etc).
Is there something else out there that might do what I want?
The second part of my application would save that data to a database
and then display them, but that's the second step, I am interested
more into getting the points/pins on the map first.
Thanks in advance for any replies!
ps. Apologies if the questions seem silly but I have very little
experience with MapServer.
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