Architecture of my site: Chameleon, MapLab, MapScript, etc. What should I

[Bart van den Eijnden]

I think Chameleon replaces GMapFactory, but maybe DMSG has a different vision to this.

Chameleon offers a lot of flexibility in my opinion, you can build your own widgets inside the Chameleon system. My advice would be to start looking at Chameleon.

Best regards,
Bart

Bart van den Eijnden
Syncera-ITSolutions
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2600 AG  DELFT

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>>> Rodrigo Tomasi <rtcastro2 at GMAIL.COM> 05/02/05 02:15pm >>>
Thanks Bart,

And about MapLab s GMapFactory ? Isn t similiar to Chameleon ?

That s my doubt:

1) Build my own mapscript application  OR
2) Use Chameleon ou GMapFactory

Maybe the first option will be slower at start, by will give me more
flexibility and scalability in the feature. I m afraid of use a 3rd party
solution (ex: Chameleon), have a fast start but after 1 month discover
that I have some limitations that I will not have building my own
mapscript application.

What is your sugestion ?

Thanks again,

    Rodrigo

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On Mon, 2 May 2005 13:29:08 +0200, Bart van den Eijnden <BEN at SYNCERA-
ITSOLUTIONS.NL> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Maplab is a tool mainly aimed at creating and managing Mapserver MAP
files.
>
>Mapscript is a SWIG-based (http://www.swig.org) or PHP interface to the
Mapserver C core.
>
>Chameleon is based on PHP/Mapscript (PHP/Mapscript is the engine of
Chameleon) and is a toolkit to build webmapping applications fast using
templates. ALl the functionality you need is part of Chameleon.
>
>You can create your own Mapscript application, but it's a lot faster to
build an application using Chameleon in my opinion.
>
>Best regards,
>Bart
>
>Bart van den Eijnden
>Syncera-ITSolutions
>Postbus 270
>2600 AG  DELFT
>
>tel.nr.: 015-7512436
>email: BEN at Syncera-ITSolutions.nl 
>
>>>> Rodrigo Tomasi <rtcastro2 at GMAIL.COM> 05/02/05 01:14pm >>>
>Hi,
>
>I m searching for the best architecture for my MapServer site.
>
>I m with difficult to understand what is the difference between these
>tools: Chameleon, MapLab, MapScript. Can anyone point me in the right
>direction or send some documentation ?
>
>My page will run on Windows. I want to build a page with PHP that will
>display a mapfile with about 150 layers on Oracle Spatial or
>Shapefile, with the following commands:
>
>- Zoom in
>- Zoom Out
>- Full Extent
>- Pan
>- Identify
>- Measure Distance
>- Layer s list loaded from mapfile and divided into groups (vector and
raster)
>- Show/Hide layer
>
>Users will enter in the site by entering the main page (overview) or
>by making a query on a Table and the clicking on "View Map" button
>(direct view).
>
>The page will be part of an Environmental Information System.
>
>Any ideas ? What s the best option to me ?
>I have experience in ArcIMS (C# Development), so I think when I
>understand the architecture things will clear more rapidly.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>    Rodrigo