[mapguide-users] RE: MapGuide Open Source Web Studio

[Nelson Soto]

The ArcSDE stuff is on ESRI's (the devil) development network, so while
it's not a secret that it isn't cheap, it's no where near as expensive
as the production stuff. 

I'm trying to assess the best alternative for our software company and
right now unfortunately ESRI is still in the running just because some
of our clients are locked into ArcSDE and MapServer doesn't handle UTF
well enough to support a default install of ArcSDE for MSSQL.

I came across MapGuide OS on accident and was initially impressed with
the little demo's they show. Unfortunately, it seems it may be slightly
incomplete when compared (perhaps unfairly?) to MapServer. I was
entertaining the thought of MapGuide Enterprise, money not being the
full issue here, but Autodesk's Subscription-Only policy with this piece
of software will not bode well with any of the clients, I don't think.
Otherwise, it may have been a serious contender...

So, I am trying to explore MapGuide OS's capabilites, but I don't think
at this stage I'm willing to shell out money just to get a demo up and
running. A shame..

I will submit any bugs I encounter with that link; thank you. I will try
to just dance around the bugs I find and hopefully put something
together. Perhaps I'll explore your suggestion of using the API to
upload the files into the repository, but this won't fly at all with our
end-users as ideally they would be able to make simple additions
themselves and thus may be the core reason we pass on MapGuide. Perhaps
it will mature with the time also, I know it's a newer type project.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Zac Spitzer
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 12:25 PM
To: MapGuide Users Mail List
Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] RE: MapGuide Open Source Web Studio

Have you reported the crash with Maestro?
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/

You can always use the api to write your own code to upload files into
the repository

There is a free trial version of mapguide studio available which is
relatively cheap,
especially given the what you can achieve using it authoring. ArcSDE
isn't
exactly cheap either :) plus you are supporting Autodesk who fund most
(if not all)
of the development of MapGuide.

z

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:01 AM, Nelson Soto <NSoto at plotplans.com>
wrote:
> That's unfortunate because Maestro crashes on me rather often... Is
> there no other alternative to adding data? This might be a deal
breaker
> if I must shell out money for Autodesk's Web Studio just to get a
> working way of adding data...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Zac
Spitzer
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:11 AM
> To: MapGuide Users Mail List
> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] RE: MapGuide Open Source Web Studio
>
> try maestro, webstudio never fully got the love it needed
>
> z
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Nelson Soto <NSoto at plotplans.com>
> wrote:
>> Sorry, to be more specific, for all except for Map Panels - Layers, I
> get a
>> 404 not found error in the section where the Help Contents Displays.
>>
>>
>>
>> The error 500 appears as a Javascript MsgBox.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: Nelson Soto
>> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 10:30 AM
>> To: 'MapGuide Users Mail List'
>> Subject: MapGuide Open Source Web Studio
>>
>>
>>
>> For some reason, I can not upload SHP following the Getting Started
> options
>> @ http://localhost/mapguide/webstudio/index.html#
>>
>>
>>
>> When looking at the "Help Guide" with "Help Topics"  the following
> sections
>> do not load:
>>
>>
>>
>> Concepts
>>
>> a)       Feature Source
>>
>> b)      Layer
>>
>> c)       Map
>>
>> Panels
>>
>> a)       Feature Source Panels - Properties
>>
>> b)      Feature Source Panels - Settings
>>
>> c)       Map Panels - Layers (Blank?)
>>
>>
>>
>> Sometimes, an error 500 appears other times it does not. What do I
do?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nelson
>>
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>>
>
>
>
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