HTML vs Applets

[Robin.Ellis at dnr.qld.gov.au]

Thanks John. It's amazing how quickly something can go wrong. In the time it
took for me to send out the previous email an error has occured on our
production server, resulting in an essential file going missing. I'll try
and trck down the problem, but probably won't have a solution for 2 days, as
it is getting late on Frday afternoon here.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: John Carlson [mailto:carlson14 at llnl.gov]
Sent: Friday, 16 March 2001 15:17
To: Robin.Ellis at dnr.qld.gov.au
Subject: Re: HTML vs Applets


msLoadMap(): Unable to access file.
(/web/insite/htdocs/resourcenet/land/lris/webgis/burnett/maps/lsys.map)

on windows NT.

John Carlson
At 12:42 PM 3/16/01 +1000, you wrote:
>G'day list.
>         I'm pleased to be able to present our new Burnett Catchment Land
>Resource Info System. From the following URL you'll find links to the Java
>system that has been in operation for a while now. The new system, however,
>can be found from the small link reading 'Simple HTML Based System' near
the
>bottom of the intro page.
>
>This new system utilises frames and javascript, meaning that for the few
GIS
>function we provide to users we can do away with having to use a Java
>applet. Why would we do this? We've found that some of our closest
>colleagues in similar Govt Departments can't get applets through their
>Firewalls. We think they may be the tip of the iceberg, and so developed
the
>HTML/javascript system.
>
>This HTML system mimicks all of the functionality provided by the old Java
>system we had implemented - dragging boxes for zooms and queries etc. The
>visual drawing of drab boxes is acheived with some DHTML and layers. The
>amazing thing about all this is that to the best of my knowledge this
>HTML/javascript system is more cross-browser compatible than our old Java
>stuff. It even works on NS6.
>
>Please have a look sometime and if you have any comments, pass them on. I'm
>particularly interested to see how it all works on platforms other than my
>PC (Maybe a Mac user would be kind enough to have a look). It's all still
>pretty rough at this time, and the javascript can be made more efficient as
>we get more development time.
>
>http://www.dnr.qld.gov.au/resourcenet/land/lris/webgis/burnett/
>
>Thanks for any comments
>
>Rob
>
>PS you might also find links off to the Sugar Soils Info System. This is
>employing the same technology, but is not operational at the moment.
>Hopefully the appropriate files will be copied in to production in the next
>couple of days.
>
>
>Robin Ellis
>Land Resources Officer
>Department of Natural Resources
>Burnett District
>ph: 07 4131 5771
>fax: 07 4131 5823
>Robin.Ellis at dnr.qld.gov.au
>
>
>
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