[OSGeo-Discuss] web mapping package

[Bob Basques]

John,

For the most part, GeoMoose relies on what MapServer can serve up.  With 
the exception of Aerial Photo's, the tiling of data doesn't really help 
all that much (IMO) with performance issues.  The OGR/Tiling/indexing 
can be used, but even it goes through MapServer.  All of my Aerial photo 
datasets run this route as well.

There are a couple of folks on the GeoMoose list that have brought up 
the idea of using tiled services.  And I imagine the support will be in 
GeoMoose sommetime in the near future, you can get more info from the 
GeoMoose list on that.

With the right indexing you can get pretty good performance, see here: 

https://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/gis/gismo_public/html/
http://sandy.utah.gov/gis/
http://gis.co.benton.mn.us:8081/geomoose/BentonCountyGIS.html

or for more . . . .

http://www.geomoose.org/moose1/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=19&Itemid=27


bobb





John Callahan wrote:
> Thanks Bob.  Yes, GeoMoose does seem impressive for what it can do out 
> of the box.  I noticed there is a GeoMoose mailing list and will 
> likely signup for that.  Quick question though: can the GeoMoose 
> interface directly display png tiles (e.g., output from 
> gdal2tiles/maptiler) or do rasters need to go through mapserver 
> first?  (I have some imagery and openstreetmap data I think would be 
> best served through TMS tiles rather than mapserver raster data sources.)
>
> - John
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Bob Basques 
> <Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us <mailto:Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us>> wrote:
>
>     John,
>
>
>     First off, I'm close to the GeoMoose project, now having said
>     that. . .
>
>
>     GeoMoose will implement way faster out of the box.
>
>
>     Usually, the biggest hurdle, is if you need to change the
>     projection of the data you are displaying.  If all your data is in
>     the same projection, it's not a problem at all, pretty much can be
>     a plug and play with the datasets using the samples that come with
>     the GeoMoose package.  If you need to pull data from other
>     projections and overlay them onto your datasets then things get
>     decidedly trickier (in any application for that matter), although
>     once you have one layer working , it's usually not too big a deal
>     to get others working in GeoMoose too.
>
>
>     Don't take my word for it though.  I'm sure others will pop on
>     here and reply too, although, you might want to try the Mapserver
>     list with the question as well, there might be some other viewers
>     out there as well that might fit the bill.
>
>
>     bobb
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     >>> John Callahan <john.callahan at udel.edu
>     <mailto:john.callahan at udel.edu>> wrote:
>
>     I'm looking for a web mapping package that can be used to show 15
>     - 20 datasets at once. These data just need to be turned on/off
>     and maybe an identify/query feature. Data are points, lines,
>     polygons, and rasters (aerial imagery, DEMs, etc...) Basically,
>     I'm looking for a way to show these datasets to a few dozen
>     colleagues located in various depts.
>
>     So far, MapGuide OS and GeoMoose seem to be the two best options.
>     I have used Mapserver and Postgis before and could use these
>     again. Vectors are mostly shapefiles and rasters are img or ESRI
>     grids (I could convert to png tiles using GDAL or something similar.)
>
>
>     Any thoughts on the ease of setup/config of GeoMoose vs MapGuide
>     OS? Any other obvious packages I'm missing? (I know about ka-map
>     but don't think it's being developed, and may not add anything
>     over GeoMoose/MapGuide.) In the past, I've used ArcIMS and ArcGIS
>     Server for such a purpose. However, I'm looking for an open source
>     solution.
>
>     If all goes well, we may develop a more sophisticated application
>     in the future but for right now, viewing the data is most
>     important. Thanks for your help.
>
>     - John
>
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>     Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
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