[Mapserver-users] Atlas of Canada - Mapserver or ArcIMS ??

[Peter.Bruton at CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca]

Hello;

At one time (2 or 3 years ago) the Atlas of Canada used ESRI's MapObjects as
its web mapping engine.  Due to a number of problems with MapObjects, a
decision was made to try something else.  We decided to start using
Mapserver and have been very pleased with the results.  

Have a good day.

Peter Bruton
Atlas of Canada
Natural Resources Canada

-----Original Message-----
From: Megan.Watson at ga.gov.au [mailto:Megan.Watson at ga.gov.au]
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:48 AM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [Mapserver-users] Atlas of Canada - Mapserver or ArcIMS ??


I'm about to write a document comparing Mapserver to ArcIMS - while checking
out what ESRI have to say about ArcIMS I came across this reference to the
Atlas of Canada:
http://www.esri.com/software/internetmaps/ims.html 

On the Mapserver Gallery page is a link also to the Atlas of Canada as a
basic Mapserver app.

I was under the impression that the Atlas of Canada was a Mapserver
application and have often pointed people in it's direction as a good
example.

Can someone clarify what's going on here?  

Also, if anyone has done a similar comparison it'd be great to hear about it
(I've had a look at the mailing list archive)

thanks
Megan Watson
Web Developer
Corporate Information Management & Access
Geoscience Australia
ph: 02 6249 9503




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