[Geomoose-users] Migrating from GeoMOOSE 2.2 to 2.6 - Mapserver compatibility considerations

[Mark Volz]

Hello,

I am running several GeoMOOSE 2.2 sites on Mapserver 5.x.  I am wondering about the best way to migrate to GeoMOOSE 2.6.  It is my understanding that 2.6 will require Mapserver 6, which GeoMOOSE 2.2 is not compatible with.

The way I see it I have a couple choices:

1)      Upgrade all of our applications at once.  This would be technically simple as there would only be one Mapserver running.  However, some of the people that we work with might not want GeoMOOSE 2.6, and since I would need to upgrade all of our applications quickly, it would give me less time to polish up each site.
2)      Run a two copies of Mapserver (MS4W).  I could also run two copies of Mapserver, however this would involve opening up another port or IP address in our firewall, which I am not sure if our IT folks will like.

I would like to know how other people (specifically those that will have to work with several GeoMOOSE applications) are planning to upgrade their sites to 2.6 when it does come out.

Also, I thought I heard that GeoMOOSE 2.4.1 might be released so that it will work with Mapserver 6.x.  As far as I know GeoMOOSE 2.4.x is very similar to  2.2.  Would it be easy to upgrade all of my sites from GeoMOOSE 2.2 to 2.4.1?  That way I could take my time upgrading my applications from GeoMOOSE 2.4.1 to GeoMOOSE 2.6.

Thanks

Mark Volz
GIS Specialist


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