On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Rahkonen Jukka <jukka.rahko...@mmmtike.fi> wrote: > Hi, > > Geoserver can generate GeoJSON, KML and zipped shapefiles as alternative WFS > outputformats in addition to gml that is mandatory according to standard. > Mapserver generates gml if configured to work as WFS server, and KML support > seems to be available by defining it as an outputformat in the mapfile, see > http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-58.html > And see the vector outputformat in Mapserver 6.0 > http://mapserver.org/trunk/output/ogr.html > > So you can already get some of the extra formats which are supported by > Geoserver, and most/all/even more in the future. However, configuring will be > more complicated than with Geoserver which has a nice GUI tool for > configuring all the WMS, WFS and WCS services at the same time.
Yeah, I played with GeoServer a while back. Then I saw it again yesterday and its output capabilities were just wonderful. However, I am allergic to Java, so I want to stay away from Tomcat and Jetty and such nonsense unless MapServer is absolutely unable to deliver. Hence, my queries. > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > Lähettäjä: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org puolesta: P Kishor > Lähetetty: pe 19.11.2010 19:38 > Vastaanottaja: Mapserver-users > Aihe: [mapserver-users] MapServer output > > I have been using MapServer for sometime now, but doing really simple > things with it... read in mostly Pg, Shapefile and raster data, and > output mostly images via regular CGI or WMS. > > One thing that GeoServer seems to do very well is provide easy output > to a variety of formats -- GeoJSON, images, features, KML, a whole lot > more. > > What are MapServer's capabilities in this regard? Ideally, my > application would return the requested format based on the URI. So, > given http://server/mapserv/wms/ would return WMS. If I replace "wms" > with "kml" I would get back KML, or replace it with "geojson" and get > back GeoJSON, etc. > > Is there a tutorial or documentation on this that someone can point me to? > > -- > Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org > Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org > Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org > Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor > Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science > ======================================================================= > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
