[OSGeo-Discuss] web mapping package

Mon Dec 28 21:52:22 PST 2009

Hi John,
Another viewer alternative is GeoExt (www.geoext.org). You can have a look
at the samples http://www.geoext.org/examples.html#examples and a mappanel
together with a layer tree allows you to create easily a map viewer. As
GeoExt uses OpenLayers, all OpenLayers formats are supported.
If you need server capabilities, MapFish server (www.mapfish.org) let's you
create easily REST services (CRUD) in order to expose/analyse geospatial
data stored in PostGIS. See the quickstart:
http://www.mapfish.org/doc/1.2/quickstart.html.
Best regards,
Cédric

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Bob Basques <bob.b at gritechnologies.com>wrote:

>  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>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> 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
>>
>> **************************************************
>> John Callahan, Geospatial Application Developer
>> Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
>> URL: http://www.dgs.udel.edu
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