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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Hello all</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">My name is Christopher Kroot and I am the enterprise GIS analyst for the State of Maine Office of GIS. We are currently using mapserver to create WMS for imagery. We have developed a simple front end application built with java script and php with mapserver as the backend. We have determine that others have progressed much further down this road then we have and are looking at selecting a code base for our current and future development.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">We are considering using GeoMoose as the code base for our enterprise web mapping applications that have a mapserver backend. Currently we have 5 stakeholder groups who have provided us with the functionally requirements for their web mapping needs. My review of the Clatsop County Web Maps </FONT><A HREF="http://maps.co.clatsop.or.us/applications/index.html#"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">http://maps.co.clatsop.or.us/applications/index.html#</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Arial"> is promising, as it contains most of the base functionality required. We will be investing a significant amount of resource in the coming years into the environment we choose and want to select the best one to start with.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">What is the organizational structure for GeoMoose? Are their funded positions for maintenance and future development? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">We are using the ESRI ArcServer environment for web mapping that requires complex spatial analysis, geoprocessing, other more complex functional requirements.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Thank you for your assistance and have a good day</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Christopher Kroot</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Enterprise GIS Analyst</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Maine Office of GIS</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">SHS 174</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">264 Civic Center Drive</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Augusta ME 04333-0174</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">christopher.kroot@maine.gov</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">207-592-0162</FONT>
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