[mapguide-users] MapGuide Open Source: A Study

[Daniel Morissette]

Hi John,

Two quick comments:

1- I believe MapGuide OS 1.2 is about to be released, so the study 
should probably refer to that version.

2- Your OWS spec questions refer only to the latest revision of each 
spec, but sometimes they are not the most widely deployed or the most 
useful versions. For instance, in the WMS case, 1.3.0 has not taken off 
yet (I'll save you the rant about the reasons behind that) and WMS 1.1.1 
is still the most widely supported and hence the most useful to users, 
so your questions/matrix should either include WMS 1.1.1 as well as an 
option, or consider WMS 1.1.1 or 1.3.0 as being equal. I believe the 
same may be true of a few of the other specs.

My 0.02$

Daniel

John Roberts wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> My name is John Roberts and I live in Manchester, England. I am to complete
> my UNIGIS dissertation in September of this year. My dissertation is an
> analysis of the four main FOSS web server products: Deegree Web Services,
> GeoServer, MapGuide Open Source & MapServer.
> 
> I have some queries regarding MapGuide Open Source in general and its
> support for OWS specifications. I have written the queries below. I would be
> grateful for any answers people could provide or if people could point me to
> the correct locations within the documentation.
> 
> I would like to post the final OWS functionality matrix for the four
> products in a public location (hopefully the OSGeo site) and hence I would
> like to make sure that all four communities are happy with what I produce.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your time.
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> John Roberts
> Manchester UK
> 
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> 
> General Queries
> 1.	What is the long term commitment of Autodesk to MapGuide Open Source?
> 2.	What are the development tools that come with MapGuide Open Source that
> allow development of Web applications? What API’s do they use?
> 3.	Is it necessary to buy MapGuide Studio to realise the full potential of
> MapGuide Open Source?
> 4.	Does MapGuide Studio allow a user to build a web application based on
> MapGuide Open Source using wizards etc and hence avoiding any major coding
> exercise?
> 
> OWS Specifications
> Web Map Service (WMS) 1.3.0
> 1.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support the GetCapabilities, GetMap &
> GetFeatureInfo requests?
> 2.	Is MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 CITE WMS 1.1.0 compliant?
> 3.	Is MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 CITE WMS 1.3.0 compliant?
> 
> Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) 1.0
> 1.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support:
> a.	The extended GetMap request, GET only? (SLD, SLD_BODY, REMOTE_OWS_SERVICE
> & REMOTE_OWS_URL parameters)
> b.	DescribeLayer request, GET only?
> c.	GetLegendGraphic request, GET only?
> d.	GetStyles, GET only?
> e.	PutStyles, GET only?
> 2.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support the OGC SLD 1.0 XML document
> specification?
> 
> Web Map Context (WMC) 1.1
> 1.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support the OGC WMC 1.1.0 Validation?
> 
> Web Feature Service (WFS) 1.1
> 1.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support Basic WFS (GetCapabilities,
> DescribeFeatureType, GetFeature requests, both GET & POST)?
> 2.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support GetFeatureWithLock (both GET &
> POST)?
> 3.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support transactional WFS (Transaction &
> LockFeature requests, both GET & POST)?
> 4.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support XLink WFS (GetGmlObject request,
> GET & POST)?
> 5.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support the WFS 1.1.0 CITE test?
> 
> Filter Encoding 1.1
> 1.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support Filter Encoding?
> 2.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support the Filter Encoding section of
> the WFS 1.1.0 CITE test?
> 
> GML 3.1.1
> 1.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support GML 3.1.1?
> 2.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support the GML Simple Features section
> of the WFS 1.1.0 CITE test?
> 
> Web Coverage Service (WCS) 1.1
> 1.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support the GetCapabilities,
> DescribeCoverage and the GetCoverage Requests (both GET & POST)?
> 2.	Does MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 support the WCS 1.0.0 CITE test?
> 
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Daniel Morissette
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