[mapserver-users] MapServer v GeoServer

[Jon-Paul Dobson]

Some great input guys. Many thanks for taking time to respond to this. From
the external links provided it does sound like MapServer is the better
option for most requirements.

Regards,
Jon-Paul.


On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Yves Moisan <yves.moisan at boreal-is.com>wrote:

>
>  There have been lots of comparisons done, just Goggle mapserver vs
> geoserver.
>
>
>
> IMHO the big differences are:
>
> -          Platform: C/C++ vs Java
>
> -          GeoServer WFS-T Support (although see TinyOWS for WFS-T and
> MapServer)
>
> -          GeoServer GUI-based configuration (vs mapfiles)
>
> You may also be interested in the 2010 WMS shootout results :
> http://2010.foss4g.org/wms_benchmarking.php  See the link at the bottom of
> that page to the PDF for results.  That's one "neutral" comparison, albeit
> for one aspect of things : WMS performance.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> Yves
>
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