Reinoud, For this, I'd recommend going with OpenStreetMap data (http://www.openstreetmap.org/). You can either download the whole data set for the world yourself and start building, or you can take mapping services from various suppliers. Check out http://www.switch2osm.org/ for further information. You'll be in good company!
Kind regards, Edward ------------------------------------------ E. Mac Gillavry (Edward) ------------------------------------------ [t] +31 (0)30-26 72 225 [m] +31 (0)6-45 608 910 ------------------------------------------ [e] emacgilla...@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 09:29:18 +0100 > From: reinoud.bokho...@bmtargoss.com > To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: [mapserver-users] Base map data for WMS > > Dear list, > > Until now I have been using the public Demis, Metacarta, Google Maps services > as base map providers > in my WMS clients. Since our company creates commercial services, I don't > want to be dependent any > longer on those because: > - availability is never guaranteed > - can not use those off-line > - license restrictions a la Google Maps prohibits use for closed services > > So I am keen to start hosting our own base map WMS server containing a good > resolution world map to > start with. Later local maps for smaller areas can be added. The world map > should be something like > Demis with layers coastlines, borders, bathymetry, topography, place names, > inland waters, main > roads and place names. > > I could buy a WMS server including world map data, e.g. Demis or ArcIMS but I > don't really want > that. We already use GeoServer and MapServer and would rather add world map > data. So I could: > 1. buy world map data > 2. create world map myself by assembling freely available data (gshhs, etopo, > vmap, srtm, ...). > > I am afraid (2) will cost a lot of time. Regarding (1) I already found world > data for sale from DM > Solutions and ThinkGeo, are there others? Which is better? > > There is surprisingly little information on the net about this issue, I guess > most people are either > using public services or using commercial packages. > > My question is a general one: I wondered if anybody has encountered the same > problem and what > solution has been chosen, what data sources when creating a map yourself, > other commercial data, > what data is better than other, etc. All comments welcome! > > Reinoud Bokhorst > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
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