[mapserver-users] Client-side applications for visualizing mapfiles
Hello everybody I am a new mapserver user and i need your knowledge and your experience. I know that the heart of mapserver is the mapfile. Also, i can use html files and templates fro visualizing the layers of mapfile in a web-browser. But, i want a more interactive, flexible and quickly solution. Could you suggest me anything?? I know that there are many client-side applications to rend WMS and WFS servers like OpenLayers, Fusion, dbox, Chameleon, GMap, CartoWeb. However, i would like a good explanation, regarding which is the best choice! Moreover, i am grateful, if you send me some tutorial!! Thanks in advance Apostolos ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] Client-side applications for visualizing mapfiles
Apostlolos, If you just want to render mapfiles to learn how to configure a map file, there's an utility program called shp2img which takes a map file as input and produces the GIF/JPG/PNG output file. Cheers from México IC Carlos Ruiz From: ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΛΕΛΕΝΤΖΗΣ To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 8:35 AM Subject: [mapserver-users] Client-side applications for visualizing mapfiles Hello everybody I am a new mapserver user and i need your knowledge and your experience. I know that the heart of mapserver is the mapfile. Also, i can use html files and templates fro visualizing the layers of mapfile in a web-browser. But, i want a more interactive, flexible and quickly solution. Could you suggest me anything?? I know that there are many client-side applications to rend WMS and WFS servers like OpenLayers, Fusion, dbox, Chameleon, GMap, CartoWeb. However, i would like a good explanation, regarding which is the best choice! Moreover, i am grateful, if you send me some tutorial!! Thanks in advance Apostolos ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
RE: [mapserver-users] Client-side applications for visualizing mapfiles
The "best choice" depends on what you're trying to do. Personally, I'm working up a mapserver project with a ka-map (http://ka-map.maptools.org/) front-end. Ka-map works well for me since it's pretty easy to point to a working mapserver .map file. (just change config.php) As for tutorials, there are some on mapserver's site. Also, if you're using postgis as a data store, they have some pretty good tutorials in their documentation. Hope this helps. --John Jackson --Deputy Auditor, Franklin County Auditor's Office. From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of ???SS S Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:35 AM To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [mapserver-users] Client-side applications for visualizing mapfiles Hello everybody I am a new mapserver user and i need your knowledge and your experience. I know that the heart of mapserver is the mapfile. Also, i can use html files and templates fro visualizing the layers of mapfile in a web-browser. But, i want a more interactive, flexible and quickly solution. Could you suggest me anything?? I know that there are many client-side applications to rend WMS and WFS servers like OpenLayers, Fusion, dbox, Chameleon, GMap, CartoWeb. However, i would like a good explanation, regarding which is the best choice! Moreover, i am grateful, if you send me some tutorial!! Thanks in advance Apostolos ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users