This site does not break any new ground with MapServer. In fact, I'm still stuck with 4.0 b/c I don't have the time to upgrade. But I really wanted to thank the community, especially Steve Lime, for the excellent feedback I got over the last two and a half years while building the site (it's been a labor of love), and the resources available in the form of the mailing list archives, documentation, and presentations from the conferences available on the web. I even got to submit a feature request (regarding HTML legends) and saw it implemented by Steve and Daniel Morissette (or Paul Spencer, I forget)!
Our site uses Steve's javascript DHTML framework, and the layer tree javascript code swiped from the Red River Basin site. If I can take any credit, it's for integrating the two fairly closely and packaging it all a bit more cleanly, in a separate .js file. It's also fully bilingual, though the way it's done may not be the most elegant (PHP/server-side scripting wasn't an option). If anyone is interested in what you see there, please email me and I'd be happy to talk about it. Cheers, Emilio Mayorga Central American Ecology & Environment (http://garrobo.org/) Mapache: New web mapping tool for Central America, focused on "Ecology & Environment" http://geo.garrobo.org/mapache/index.html The CAEE/ACEA group (http://garrobo.org/) is pleased to present "Mapache", an online mapping tool focusing on Central America. The result of an all-volunteer effort, it is a GIS software framework for presenting interactive maps covering all of Central America, using free, open-source software. With this framework and with appropriate geographical datasets (including real-time data), our goal is to build applications focused on particular themes: ecosystems, biodiversity, climate, geology, oceans, etc. We intend to make existing information more easily accessible. Our first thematic application is "Ecosystems": http://geo.garrobo.org/mapache/en/ecosistem.html. We thank many groups that make their data freely available: universities, non-governmental organizations, and national, regional, and international agencies. We are especially grateful to the University of Washington River Systems Research Group for donating the server and bandwith. Mapache was developed through a collaboration between Emilio Mayorga, Derek Parent, and Alexis Aguilar (http://garrobo.org/members.html). Please contact us if you would like to collaborate with us.
