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WHOA! This is about the niftiest thing I've seen in a week or so...
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Nice work.
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Vic
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On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 16:09, Paul Ramsey wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Mapserverers,</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I am happy to announce the availability of an early version of a generic</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>WMS client, based on PHP, and using HTML/Javascript to provide a web</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>interface to WMS-based map servers. The design goal is to be easily</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>deployable (just copy and drop), easy to understand (simple interface),</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>and very cross platform (no java, no shockwave).</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>The URL is http://mapserver.refractions.net</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>This interface has been developed entirely using the Mapserver WMS</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>implementation as a reference, so there remains much compatibility and</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>extension work to be done. This is not a finished product but it is a</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>*working* product, so I decided now is the time to release it.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I hope people with good HTML/Javascript/PHP skills will join in to make</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>this a more aesthetically pleasing, more compatible, more entensible</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>project.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Thanks all!</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Paul</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> | Paul Ramsey</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> | Refractions Research</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> | Email: pramsey@refractions.net</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> | Phone: (250) 885-0632</FONT></FONT></I>
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