[OSGeo-Discuss] CMS recommendations for web GIS integration

[Jesse Cleary]

Sean Gillies wrote:
> 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

Thanks Sean

I'm aware of the Pleiades project although I haven't seen the site recently.  Our hope is to 
eventually approach the same user participation that your group has in terms of content development. 
  Any advice as to how your group encourages that participation?

I suppose we could move away from our existing PHP/Mapscript apps - swapping the apps to match the 
CMS instead of the other way round...

Jesse