Peter Shrock wrote:
Dear Tara:
I do not know Linux, However, the approach I wanted to take is valid, if you
could read Novell's tech paper:
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11775.html
Our MapServer Expert Frank Warmerdam also recommended the same approach.
IMHO, this kind of package may be very important for our MapServer community.
A few years ago, a friend told me that a student spent three weeks to get
mapserver installed. I laughed, as I though that should be a 20-minutes work
(at least it is true for ArcIMS, let alone ArcIMS's comprehensie functions).
Now, I have spent two months, and did not get it work. Considering human
resource cost, MapServer is actually more expensive than ArcIMS.
Peter,
Have you tried installing ArcIMS with only file upload capability? I *feel*
that you hamstrung yourself with a hosting scenario that put you at a
substantial disadvantage (no shell access). I'm reasonably confident that
you would also be doomed installing most proprietary software under
such a scenario.
Would it make sense for the The annual Free and Open Source Software for
Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference discuss this in its coming conference?
I'm sure there will be more discussions. But the "file upload only"
scenario may still not gain much traction.
Best regards,
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