mapserver vs. google maps - any comparisons done?

[Sims, Benjamin]

Hi,

I have been asked to look into developing an application to display
basic scientific data on the web. Its fairly vanilla stuff - display
points at which a certain event happened, popup a descriptive text when
the user hovers over them and then go to an information page when they
are clicked. There may also be things like colour coding of grid areas
and so forth.

Having read a tutorial on using Mapserver with PHP some time ago and
played around with a it a little bit, I had more or less decided that
Mapserver was the best way to go to get this project done. However, over
the last year the I there have been so many applications coming out
riding on Google Maps rather than using a dedicated map server/GIS
product. Despite this, I haven't been able to find any information
online comparing the different products available, or listing the
advantages and disadvantages of going for one rather than the other.

Does anybody on this list have such information, or personal experience
that they would like to share?

Thanks for any opinions,

Benjamin

 

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