[Featureserver] Starter Question

[Josh Livni]

Mod_python is not a requirement (you can run it as wsgi, cgi, or using 
it's own little webserver it ships with)

Openlayers is not a requirement - I can think of many use cases for 
featureserver that don't involve a browser-based map

As far as where it fits w/Mapserver + PHP mapscript --- I think that 
really depends on the specifics your application. 

In your example below, you ask if why you can't just use 
openlayers/openstreetmap/python.  First, I don't know where 
openstreetmap comes into it.  Is that what data you're trying to edit?  
Second, you can definitely use openlayers (as a vector viewer/editor) 
plus some custom python middleware that you write yourself, and thus 
allow users to edit your postgis data.  In this case, you just need to 
write some python scripts that can interact update/create or pull vector 
features from your postgis datastore.  Or, you can install 
featureserver, which is just some python scripts that does exactly that 
(and a bit more) and has already been written for you.

Cheers,

  -Josh

Bill Wordsworth wrote:
> Thanks Jennifer. I am still puzzled about where FeatureServer fits
> with MapServer+PHP MapScript. Is mod_python a requirement? Is
> OpenLayers a requirement?...
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Jennifer Strahan
> <jennifer at greeninfo.org> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> I'm also trying to work this out.  The web processing server example at
>> http://crschmidt.net/mapping/wpserverdemo/ is very helpful.  So far, I've
>> been able to add new shapes to my PostGIS database and have almost figured
>> out how to edit existing data.  I'm able to select existing geometry and
>> modify it but instead of updating the existing database record, it adds a
>> new record to the database.  If you have any luck, I'd love to see your
>> examples.  I'm a beginning programmer and have just been putting together
>> code from examples I've seen.  Once I have something that is working better,
>> I'll send your way.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jennifer
>>
>> Bill Wordsworth wrote:
>>     
>>> Anyone home??? OK I will use mod_python.
>>>
>>> Anyway I downloaded featureserver-1.12.zip but couldn't find
>>> /scribble/?? Referring to
>>> http://www.paolocorti.net/2008/05/03/a-day-with-featureserver-2/.
>>> Cheers, Bill
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Bill Wordsworth
>>> <bill.wordsworth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Guys,
>>>> I store geodata in PostgreSQL serving it up with MapServer PHP
>>>> MapScript. From what I understand, I can set up my own private
>>>> FeatureServer and give a frontend to users allowing them to create,
>>>> edit and delete that geodata?
>>>>
>>>> Can I *not* use OpenLayers/OpenStreetMap/Python for this job? I just
>>>> want to use FeatureServer to enable browser-based editing.
>>>> Cheers, Bill
>>>>
>>>>         
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