[OpenLayers-Users] OL users which one is better: MapServer or GeoServer

[Mike Quentel]

The slide show is a good start--thank you!  

>From my experience, MapServer and GeoServer have poor documentation.  I
do very much appreciate the OL samples included in GeoServer, and I'm
impressed with the fact that GeoServer is available as a WAR file that I
can rapidly deploy.

Of greater concern to me is reliability and performance.  If anyone has
notions of these, I'd be especially interested to know.

Many thanks.

Mike Quentel

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at openlayers.org [mailto:users-bounces at openlayers.org]
On Behalf Of Tim Schaub
Sent: Monday, 03 March 2008 17:51
To: users at openlayers.org
Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] OL users which one is better: MapServer
or GeoServer

Hey-

Mike Quentel wrote:
> Hello fellow OL users.  Sorry in advance if this seems a bit "off the 
> topic" (personally, I think it very relevant)...
> 

Yeah, I think this topic shouldn't go too far on this list, but I'll 
respond anyway.

> I know some of you use UMN MapServer, and others use GeoServer, and
> still others use a variety of other server-side mapping software.
> 
> MapServer v GeoServer -- which one is better as far as:
> 
> 1.  Performance?

Better, huh.  I think you'll get different answers from different
people.

Refractions and TOPP co-lead a presentation on WMS performance at the 
FOSS4G conference this year.  You can see their slides showing results 
from some well-constrained tests:
http://www.foss4g2007.org/presentations/view.php?abstract_id=120

> 
> 2.  Stability?

My experience is that GeoServer is undergoing more rapid development 
than MapServer.  That is a comment on a different kind of stability than

you may be asking about, but it's related.

> 
> 3.  Ease of use and configuration/installation?

If you're a Windows person MS4W is a snap.  If you're a Java person, 
GeoServer is a snap.  If you're not covered by the union of those two 
sets, then the answer depends on your technical abilities.

> 
> You could also look at this question as: "if I had to start all over
> again, I would use...".

I've had fun using both - and don't imagine I'd do anything differently.

Tim

> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Mike Quentel
> 
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