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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] MapServer vs. ArcIMS |
| Date: |
11/09/2005 09:50:01 AM |
| From: |
Jesse Cleary |
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Hi
A quick note about a key functionality difference. MapServer has the
ability to cascade OGC web services and I don't believe ArcIMS does
(correct me if I'm wrong here folks). Our instance of MapServer is both
a client of WMS feeds from a host of different sources and a server of
these data along with our own project data. This really improves our
ability to explore the context of our own work without grabbing and
re-presenting all of that ancillary data.
ArcIMS is definitely easier "out of the box", but perhaps less flexible
in the long term. I have installed and configured both as a
non-programmer (initially!) and found both manageable. With my
background, tinkering under the hood was not really an option with
ArcIMS, but was relatively easier with MapServer (+ Chameleon).
Jesse
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Jesse Cleary
Department of Marine Sciences
UNC Chapel Hill
http://seacoos.org/
17-6 Venable Hall
jcleary@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4323
Lawrence Hartpence wrote:
>Hello,
>
>For almost two years now, our organization has used ArcIMS to serve maps on
>the web. I attended a workshop which demonstrated MapServer recently and
>found it quite interesting. I would like to know what people out in the GIS
>community think about the two products. How do they compare?
>
>Also is there any documentation out there describing how both could be
>installed on the same machine to compare them? I use IIS as my web server
>software.
>
>Thanks,
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>Lawrence Hartpence
>GIS Coordinator
>101 1st St N
>Newton IA 50208
>641-792-3084
>hartpence_gis@co.jasper.ia.us
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Jesse Cleary
Department of Marine Sciences
UNC Chapel Hill
17-6 Venable Hall
jcleary@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4323
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