in-process vs. over the wire map generation for simple GUI app

[Joseph Bussell]

Greetings Listers,
   What would folks use when an application must produce maps as a side
effect?  Would you go for an in-process map generation method?   If so,
what would you use?  Alternatively, would you use a mapserver backend
that the local process would communicate with?  Any thoughts would be
appreciated.

Cordially,

Joe Bussell
On Time Systems