Visual map file builder

[Doyon, Jean-Francois]

Well, as you might remember I'm using a database back end to handle all the
various configuration information that would normally be stored in a map
file (With mapscript for perl).

This is because one of the possible applications I have for it could be
handling hundreds of layers and shape files, and managing a map file for
this could get very complicated, especially since there are various people
managing the content.

I therefore also plan on creating a decent web based admin interface to it
(The database, really). It should proove quite nice once it's done, you'll
be able to add layers, change colors, add/remove/edit classes, work with
labels, etc ... In theory anything mapscript can handle I could manage
through the DB Backend and the web interface.

It's not exactly what you're working on ... but serves a similar purpose.

Like Daniel, I'll probably use PHP to do it, taking advantage of the PHP
Module to do things like layer/map previews and so on ...

My .02$ !

J.F.

> ----------
> From: 	Stephen Lime[SMTP:steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us]
> Sent: 	Friday, July 07, 2000 3:31 PM
> To: 	mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: 	Visual map file builder
> 
> Hello users: I'm starting a new project to aid in building map files. The
> plan now is to
> use MapScript and Perl/Tk to build a GUI for creation and editing map
> files. I wanted 
> to find out what, if anything, others are doing in this area. I know there
> are a couple
> of folks using ArcView to create map files but I think we need something a
> bit more
> MapServer centric. Lemme know...
> 
> Steve
> 
> Stephen Lime
> Internet Applications Analyst
> 
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