[mapguide-users] Differences between UMN MapServer & MapGuide...

[Paul Spencer]

Jason,

I believe MapFish is also 'platform neutral' although there is only  
really support for MapServer right now (in python IIRC).  And  
MapBuilder is also a development framework based on OpenLayers that is  
worthy of note and consideration.

Cheers

Paul

On 8-Feb-08, at 5:02 PM, Jason Birch wrote:

> Hmm. :)
>
> You could do a lot without ripping and replacing MapServer by
> introducing OpenLayers and something like TileCache into your
> environment.  You may want to look at Fusion or MapFish (both of which
> encapsulate OpenLayers) for a development framework.  The nice thing
> about Fusion is that it's intended to be cross-platform, supporting  
> both
> MapGuide and MapServer, which would make migration less painful if you
> did decide to move in the future.  The not-so-nice thing is that it's
> not really available publicly outside of the MapGuide build yet,  
> though
> there is apparently a plan to move it onto OSGeo infrastructure  
> shortly.
>
> Although I don't have any direct experience with MapServer, I am not
> convinced that you would see better performance with MapGuide than  
> with
> MapServer if your sole concern is displaying maps.  The implementation
> of a tile caching solution (either MapGuide-native or TileCache) will
> give you far more bang-for-the-buck if it's done right.
>
> Strengths and weaknesses... There was a thread at SlashGeo on this
> subject last year.  Both applications have come a long way since then,
> but a lot of the comments are still valid.
>
> http://industry.slashgeo.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/07/183222
>
> Regardless of the platform you choose, competing with Google Maps is
> difficult.
>
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Nolte,  
> Tim
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 13:24
> To: MapGuide Users Mail List
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] Differences between UMN MapServer &
> MapGuide...
>
> I guess what I am looking for is what are the strengths and weaknesses
> of both. Basically our MapServer currently serves both Shapefiles (39
> layers) & Oracle Spatial (11 layers) data. My biggest concern is
> user-perceived performance. Our current server config is a 3.06GHz
> Opteron w/ 8GB of RAM. I've tried to tune our data as best I can  
> however
> I'm still concerned about the end-user perceived performance. As most
> people are, I'm up against people expecting our MapServer to perform
> with the same speed as Google Maps. I'm also looking for something  
> with
> a very visually polished development framework. I know that looks  
> aren't
> everything but it does offer some credibility to the information being
> presented. Thanks for any input anyone has.
>
> - Tim
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jason  
> Birch
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 4:05 PM
> To: MapGuide Users Mail List
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] Differences between UMN MapServer &
> MapGuide...
>
> I guess I should ask what your reasons for considering moving away  
> from
> MapServer are.  What needs do you have that it is not meeting?
>
> They both certainly have their strengths and weaknesses, but I don't
> know if any recent in-depth analysis of the differences.
>
> Jason
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