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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I have found that serving data WMS data through Geoserver is significantly
faster than serving the data through ArcGis Server. That was true when serving
shape files out of Geoserver. In a production environment I am using PostGis
which of course is even faster. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It is not difficult to convert a .mxd into a WMS. ESRI has
provided detailed documentation on doing that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>The styling with a SLD in GeoServer does not always give me styling
as good as what you will get in a .mxd, but I am still on that learning curve
and am happy with the results I have so far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Since this is not really a n Open Layers question you may get
more information another list. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Ralph Dell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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users-bounces@openlayers.org [mailto:users-bounces@openlayers.org] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Robert Buckley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 21, 2010 2:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> users@openlayers.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OpenLayers-Users] Geoserver vs ESRI ArcGIS Server.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello Geoserver users,<br>
<br>
I am currently in a geoserver testing phase . I work for a regional authority
in Germany and am in the process of deciding whether Opensource or ESRI should
be used to build our WMS/WFS Service.<br>
<br>
Our current GIS editing suite comprises of ArcGIS with the Imagemapper
extension for internet maps. This is great for a quick visualisation of
mapping projects but has the disadvantage of not being a wms/wfs service.
Observers can therefore only see the data as we have published them, and cannot
load the data into their own GIS. There is also no support for layers as such,
which is the main reason why I am looking at geoserver.<br>
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My question is for people who people who use ArcGIS to create their spatial
data, and Geoserver to publish the data as WMS/WFS services.<br>
<br>
How should I prepare my data for geoserver publishing? Is there a large amount
of work needed to publish a geoserver project based on ArcGIS mxd
Projects? Is there any clear disadvantages to using a geoserver setup in
comparison to an ArcGIS server setup? I have unfortunately not been able to use
either software, but have read that an ArcGIS mxd Project can be directly
converted with a few clicks into a wms service. How true is this?<br>
<br>
I look forwards to your replies.<br>
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Yours,<br>
<br>
Robert Buckley<br>
<a href="http://www.zgb.de" target="_blank">www.zgb.de</a><br>
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