[mapserver-users] What is WMS/WFS

[Jeremy JK]

You don't know what you don't know.What I know:From a tomcat training video Web SITEWeb SERVICEWeb SOCKET Site - formattingService - dataSocket - idk. Something to do with _javascript_, AJAX and chat rooms So a Web mapping/feature service shares maps/features where a wms client like openlayers or leaflet does formatting. Database ->WMS/WFS -> OpenLayers = website Is my above reasoning correct?Is that what a WMS/WFS MapServer is? What am I missing from this big picture model? Sorry for noob questions. But I when I explain things to my supervisor I want to get things right.  Thanks!(In the words of Einstein: If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research)  Jeremy KadirblueSpace CaribbeanThe University of the West Indies(868) 309 9123   ___
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Re: [mapserver-users] What is WMS/WFS

[Jeff McKenna]

I think a nice introduction to those services is the "MapServer OGC Web 
Services Workshop", and if you are on Windows it is included in MS4W as 
a package (https://ms4w.com) so you can run it locally, or you can view 
the workshop on the official MS4W demo server at 
https://ms4w.me/ms-ogc-workshop/  (I recommend clicking the "Slides for 
hands-on session" link there, which is old but still does a great job in 
explaining how WMS/WFS relates to MapServer)


Hello to the West Indies, from Canada!

-jeff



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On 2019-04-04 9:55 AM, Jeremy JK wrote:

You don't know what you don't know.
What I know:
 From a tomcat training video
Web SITE
Web SERVICE
Web SOCKET
Site - formatting
Service - data
Socket - idk. Something to do with JavaScript, AJAX and chat rooms
So a Web mapping/feature service shares maps/features where a wms client 
like openlayers or leaflet does formatting.

Database ->WMS/WFS -> OpenLayers = website
Is my above reasoning correct?
Is that what a WMS/WFS MapServer is? What am I missing from this big 
picture model?
Sorry for noob questions. But I when I explain things to my supervisor I 
want to get things right.  Thanks!
(In the words of Einstein: If we knew what it was we were doing, it 
would not be called research)

Jeremy Kadir
blueSpace Caribbean 
The University of the West Indies
(868) 309 9123


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