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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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73, 125);">There have been lots of comparisons done, just
Goggle mapserver vs geoserver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">IMHO the big differences are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">Platform: C/C++ vs Java<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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73, 125);"><span style="">-<span style="font: 7pt
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">GeoServer WFS-T Support (although see TinyOWS for
WFS-T and MapServer)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);"><span style="">-<span style="font: 7pt
"Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">GeoServer GUI-based configuration (vs mapfiles)</span></p>
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You may also be interested in the 2010 WMS shootout results :
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://2010.foss4g.org/wms_benchmarking.php">http://2010.foss4g.org/wms_benchmarking.php</a> 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.<br>
<br>
My 2 cents.<br>
<br>
Yves<br>
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