New to Mapserver

[Ed McNierney]

David -

Well, I may be correct, but you didn't answer my question <g>.  The availability and sources of map data - whether free or not - varies widely by geography, and if you can tell us what geography you're interested in (floorplans in Antarctica?) we might be able to suggest good sources.

     - Ed

Ed McNierney
Chief Mapmaker
Demand Media / TopoZone.com
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
ed at topozone.com
Phone: +1 (978) 251-4242
Fax: +1 (978) 251-1396

-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of David H. McCoy
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:48 AM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] New to Mapserver

You are correct!  

The application will support maps and floor plans.  The floorplans will definitely 
be supplied by the user of the application on a per need basis. However, I 
thought that the geographic maps were to be *only* public domain. In 
actuality, the user of the application would purchase geographic maps based, 
in a format supported by mapserver, based on whatever needs they are trying 
to fulfill.  I'd thought that I was rebuffed when suggesting purchasing certain 
items in the past, put there is an understanding that a user of the application 
would at least potentially have to purchase maps.

And there was my mistake. I thought purchasing data was off the table, but 
this isn't the case at all.

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:34:07 -0500, Ed McNierney <ed at TOPOZONE.COM> 
wrote:

>David -
>
>The answer to your question about data depends greatly on what portion of 
the Earth you are interested in.  Is this a global mapping application, or limited 
to a smaller geography?
>
>     - Ed
>
>Ed McNierney
>Chief Mapmaker
>Demand Media / TopoZone.com
>73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
>North Chelmsford, MA  01863
>ed at topozone.com
>Phone: +1 (978) 251-4242
>Fax: +1 (978) 251-1396
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-
USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of David H. McCoy
>Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:00 AM
>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] New to Mapserver
>
>Thanks for the reply Bart.  It seems I misunderstood the part of the 
initiative. 
>I thought that the customer wanted to try to do this with some kind of 
public 
>domain maps, which is not the case. They are prepared to purchase the 
maps, 
>after all.
>
>
>Well, I'll get to work and come up with some *real* questions. 
>
>Thanks again!
>
>David H. McCoy