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Reinoud,<br><br>For this, I'd recommend going with OpenStreetMap data (http://www.openstreetmap.org/). You can either download the whole data set for the world yourself and start building, or you can take mapping services from various suppliers. Check out http://www.switch2osm.org/ for further information. You'll be in good company!<br><br>Kind regards,<br><br>Edward<br><br>------------------------------------------ <br>E. Mac Gillavry (Edward) <br>------------------------------------------ <br>[t] +31 (0)30-26 72 225 <br>[m] +31 (0)6-45 608 910 <br>------------------------------------------ <br>[e] <a href="mailto:emacgillavry@hotmail.com">emacgillavry@hotmail.com</a> <br>------------------------------------------ <br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 09:29:18 +0100<br>> From: reinoud.bokhorst@bmtargoss.com<br>> To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org<br>> Subject: [mapserver-users] Base map data for WMS<br>> <br>> Dear list,<br>> <br>> Until now I have been using the public Demis, Metacarta, Google Maps services as base map providers <br>> in my WMS clients. Since our company creates commercial services, I don't want to be dependent any <br>> longer on those because:<br>> - availability is never guaranteed<br>> - can not use those off-line<br>> - license restrictions a la Google Maps prohibits use for closed services<br>> <br>> So I am keen to start hosting our own base map WMS server containing a good resolution world map to <br>> start with. Later local maps for smaller areas can be added. The world map should be something like <br>> Demis with layers coastlines, borders, bathymetry, topography, place names, inland waters, main <br>> roads and place names.<br>> <br>> I could buy a WMS server including world map data, e.g. Demis or ArcIMS but I don't really want <br>> that. We already use GeoServer and MapServer and would rather add world map data. So I could:<br>> 1. buy world map data<br>> 2. create world map myself by assembling freely available data (gshhs, etopo, vmap, srtm, ...).<br>> <br>> I am afraid (2) will cost a lot of time. Regarding (1) I already found world data for sale from DM <br>> Solutions and ThinkGeo, are there others? Which is better?<br>> <br>> There is surprisingly little information on the net about this issue, I guess most people are either <br>> using public services or using commercial packages.<br>> <br>> My question is a general one: I wondered if anybody has encountered the same problem and what <br>> solution has been chosen, what data sources when creating a map yourself, other commercial data, <br>> what data is better than other, etc. All comments welcome!<br>> <br>> Reinoud Bokhorst<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mapserver-users mailing list<br>> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org<br>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users<br></div> </div></body>
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