[mapserver-users] Allowing users to draw polygons on MapServer maps

[christopher.schmidt at nokia.com]

On Jul 7, 2010, at 5:19 PM, ext David Jantzen wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I've never used MapServer before, so this is definitely a newbie question.  I've read a bunch of the documentation and FAQ, but I haven't yet found a clear answer to this question:
> 
> Can I use MapServer to host a map, on which my clients can draw polygons and export them as shapefiles or into a database?  If not, is there another (open source) product that can?
> 
> Seems like one of the scripting toolkits could do this, but not without significant custom front end work.

I think this is approximately accurate. Personally, I would probably use
GeoDjango/OpenLayers for this kind of task. 

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Nokia