<div id="RTEContent">Hello Puneet, <br> <br> Thank you very much for your advice. <br> <br> The reason why I mentioned ArcGIS is because most of my spatial data, in the future, will still be generated by ArcGIS. And as I understand, MapServer is only something that will help me to display the map online. (I dont have enough knowledge about MapServer at this moment to be 100% sure about this statement tho :P) <br> <br> My current understanding is that I will generate maps and spatial data using ArcGIS and let MapServer to display them on the web. So I may work switching between ArcGIS and MapServer a lot. Please correct me if I am wrong. <br> <br> So I want to choose an OS where both ArcGIS and MapServer are installed and both work efficiently. It'd be a pain to change the platform later on, I think. <br> <br> Any thought?<br> <br> Thanks,<br> <br> Maggie <br> <br> <br><br><b><i>Puneet Kishor <punkish@EIDESIS.ORG></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq"
style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On Jan 21, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Maggie Ma wrote:<br><br>> Dear all,<br>><br>> I am a new user of MapServer. I have been using ArcGIS desktop for a <br>> few years. Now I want to do some online mapping. I just start to look <br>> into MapServer. And I need your input on whether I should start with <br>> Unix or Windows MapServer.<br>><br>> The concern is to do it right/the best from the very beginning. I am <br>> not afraid of learning Linux/Unix. I know some basics. But since I <br>> have always been working with ArcGIS under Windows, I want to make <br>> sure that it worths it to switch. If it wont make much difference then <br>> I will just stay with Windows.<br>><br>> So shall I go : Windows MapServer + Windows ArcGIS or Linux MapServer <br>> + Linux ArcGIS or even Linux MapServer + Windows ArcGIS?<br>><br>> What's the best way to
start?<br><br>Unless you have any reason to switch (a specific tech that is available <br>on one OS but not on the other; pointy-haired-boss, etc.), stay with <br>the operating system that you know and are comfortable with. That way <br>you will not make your life more complicated than it has to be. You <br>will notice that MapServer runs equally competently on whatever <br>platform you choose, albeit some aspects of it (SWIG/MapScript) might <br>be hobbled on Windows. Most Windows folks seem to go with PHP anyway, <br>and there is a pretty active following of that.<br><br>That said, you are mixing some technologies here. Are you planning to <br>leverage ArcGIS somehow? I am curious as to why you are mentioning <br>ArcGIS and MapServer in the same sentence.<br><br>--<br>Puneet Kishor<br></blockquote><br></div><p>
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