[mapserver-dev] Vehicle tracking

Gil Matityahu giloosh99 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 6 13:56:34 EDT 2008


Thanks,
Any reason why I can't use MYSQL over PostGIS as a database?

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>wrote:

>
>
> Gil Matityahu wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply. Would I use all PostGIS, pgRouting, Mapserver, and
>> OpenLayers combined? Are there tutorials on getting started?
>>
>
> Yes, use all of them:
>        PostGIS (plus postgresql) for data storage
>        pgRouting for routing ("directions")
>        MapServer for extracting data from PostGIS and creating nice map
> graphic
>        OpenLayers for client-side GUI for pan/zoom, layers on/off, etc
>
> and you'll need to code/script a program to load your realtime vehicle
> positions into PostGIS.  I don't know of an open source application to do
> this (but you could have a look at http://www.opendmtp.org)
> And there are alternatives to all of the above (e.g
> http://www.opengts.org/).
>
> I don't know of any tutorials (check the home pages of the above s/w?), but
> I'm sure a good Google search would supply lots of information.
>
>
>
>
>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>    PostGIS, pgRouting, Mapserver, and OpenLayers seems to be a common
>>    configuration for server-side processing and client-side web-based
>>    viewing.
>>
>>    Gil Matityahu wrote:
>>
>>        I am trying to develop a web based map application for real time
>>        vehicle tracking and directions calculation. Can someone please
>>        guide me on getting started in completing such a task.
>>
>>
>>
>
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