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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] MapServer vs. ArcIMS |
| Date: |
11/09/2005 10:00:02 PM |
| From: |
Chris Holmes |
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A quick (quite biased) view, if you're looking for something between
the ease of ArcIMS and the power and flexibility of MapServer, in a
convenient and easy to use package, you may check out GeoServer -
http://geoserver.org It is fully complaint to WMS and WFS by default,
and comes with a built-in MapBuilder (a great ajax based client
library), a web admin tool so you never have to touch config files,
and a windows installer. Go for the 1.3 version, it should go 1.3.0
and completely stable quite soon.
Chris
On 11/9/05, Jesse Cleary <jcleary@email.unc.edu> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> --
> Jesse Cleary
> Department of Marine Sciences
> UNC Chapel Hill
> http://seacoos.org/
> 17-6 Venable Hall
> jcleary@email.unc.edu
> (919) 962-4323
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>
> Lawrence Hartpence wrote:
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> >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,
> >
> >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
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> 17-6 Venable Hall
> jcleary@email.unc.edu
> (919) 962-4323
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