[OSGeo-Discuss] CMS recommendations for web GIS integration

[Sean Gillies]

Jesse Cleary wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I've a GIS and CMS question to pose.  What open source CMS do folks use 
> to organize your project website(s) and web GIS applications?
> 
> We are currently using Plone as our CMS for project collaboration and 
> web GIS (standard MapServer + Postgres/PostGIS and PHP/mapscript front 
> end).  GIS app integration relies on iframes (ugh).
> 
> In addition, we have not been able to get much user participation in 
> content creation from many of our project partners despite repeated user 
> training sessions etc.  This might be a Plone thing (too complex?) or a 
> cultural issue (I'm not a web developer, why would should I participate 
> if some web guru can do it better?)
> 
> Are there alternatives that we should consider that could integrate 
> tighter with our existing MapServer apps and might address our user 
> complexity hesitance?  We are aware of PrimaGIS for Plone but have not 
> gone beyond some limited initial testing.
> 
> I realize I haven't specified any of our other requirements, but I just 
> want a short list of alternatives to Plone with web GIS integration 
> potential.  Thanks for any suggestions you might have...
> 
> Apologies for cross-postings, but wanting to get a diverse set of 
> responses...
> 
> 
> Jesse
> 

Jesse,

If you have any questions about the web GIS stuff UNC's Ancient World 
Mapping Center is doing at

http://pleiades.stoa.org/

let me know. We've integrated OpenLayers and Plone, which I think more 
or less deprecates many uses of PrimaGIS (which will be making more and 
more use of OpenLayers as well). If you absolutely have to develop your 
web GIS in PHP, you should probably switch to a PHP CMS.

Cheers,
Sean