No it does not come with maps or data, and that data is hard to find most of the times.
2 noteworthy initiatives: -Open Street Map, http://www.openstreetmap.org/ -Open Aerial Map, http://www.openaerialmap.org/ Best regards, Bart On Dec 19, 2007 4:28 PM, David H. McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > I'm new to Mapserver and trying to understand something. I'm working for > company that has an application with a mapping component. Currently, that > component uses Google maps. I am replacing the Google Maps API with > Openlayers and the mapping component with Mapserver. The goal is that > while > a customer can elect to use say Google maps, they can also host the maps > internally, thus having no external dependencies. > > In additional to server maps, does Map server actually have maps > available? > Perhaps a better question would be are there any open source or freeware > apps comparable to Google maps that I can retrieve for local use and > utilize in > Mapserver? > > Thanks for your time. >