[mapserver-users] Updated MapServer flyer

[Steve Lime]

Hi Lars, thanks for working up an updated brochure, looking at the old one
it could use it. Some comments...

  - I think I'd avoid the MapServer website screen shot in favor of another
app. The website text features the security fix announcements which while
a reality in a project aren't marketing friendly. I can offer a couple of sites
as could others I bet. I like your example, nice and colorful.

  - Perhaps the screen shots could be a bit taller, more of a square aspect
ratio?

  - Under features it might make sense to highlight output options: all sorts
of raster images, PDF, SWF, SVG and templated text

  - Might include input and the new output plugin architectures as features

  - The "Leverages best-of-breed" sentence could be reworked to say we
leverage other OSGeo projects including GDAL, GEOS, PostGIS and Proj.4. I
think we should really emphasize the reliance on other OSGeo projects.

  - In the last feature sentence I think MapBuilder can be removed. There are
some frameworks specific to (or that at least favor) MapServer (e.g. p.mapper
and GeoMoose) that could get some love here...

I think the 5.6 features are performance centric (raster rendering improvements,
single pass, etc...). The 6.0 release *should* have a more output-based focus
with full support for the rendering plugin, new object structures including 
references, better SLD support, styles within labels and so on. XML mapfiles
will be in 5.6. It's important to note that XML mapfiles allow users to define
a configuration in XML but you must transform it to a .map file for use. I hope
that might really have an impact on wysiwyg editors eventually. 

That's all for now!

Steve

>>> Lars Lingner <ml at lingner.eu> 09/11/09 8:54 AM >>>
Hi,

I just updated the MapServer flyer at [1] with the new template
available at [2].
The idea was to get new screenshots from nice, real life applications,
but I couldn't find a MapServer gallery, just a old reference to [3]. So
I took a screenshot of one of mine apps and of the MapServer website.

It would be really great if someone could take a look and maybe update
some facts about features or wording where necessary. There is a german
and english file.

Because of difficulties to commit to svn.osgeo.org I temporarily
uploaded the files to my webspace [4].

Speaking of updating marketing material, I want to ask if someone could
pass me some keywords of new features that where included  lately or
will be get included in MapServer. ...Cairo/OpenGL rendering,
XML-Mapfile, AGG, performance improvements (one-pass query),
multilingual website ;) ??

I'm holding a introductory presentation about MapServer.  If there are
some eye-catchers or cool buzz words worth including in a talk, please
let me know.


Lars


[1]
https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/flyer/project_brochure_pdfs/OSGeo_Brochures_Mapserver.pdf

[2]
https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/flyer/template/

[3]
http://ms.gis.umn.edu/gallery/galleryfolder_view

[4]
http://www.lingner.eu/mydownloads/osgeo/OSGeo_MapServer_Flyer_template.pdf
http://www.lingner.eu/mydownloads/osgeo/OSGeo_MapServer_Flyer_template.odp
http://www.lingner.eu/mydownloads/osgeo/OSGeo_MapServer_Flyer_template_de.pdf
http://www.lingner.eu/mydownloads/osgeo/OSGeo_MapServer_Flyer_template_de.odp
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