[mapserver-users] simplicity

[Stephen Lime]

Yup, there are plans to implement a wiki in early January....

Stephen Lime
Data & Applications Manager

Minnesota DNR
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-297-2937

>>> "Dave Vieglais" <vieglais at ukans.edu> 12/27/01 10:00PM >>>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu [mailto:owner-mapserver-
> users at lists.gis.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Stephen Lime
...
 
> The biggest impediments in widespread use of MapServer are not related
to
> the internals of the software (what it can and can't do), they are
> productivity issues: easy installation, quality documentation and easy
> application configuration. I've known this for quite a while, but
seeing
> as I can only work on this evenings after my kids go to bed there's no
way
> I can spearhead the effort. So, everyone agree's there is a problem
but is
> anyone willing to commit some time to making it happen?

For the documentation side of things, has anyone considered setting up a
version of Wiki on the MapServer web site?  There are quite a few folks
out there that seem to be fairly familiar with the various incarnations
of this software, but few of us have the time to dedicate to properly
documenting the beast.  A collaborative editing environment that a Wiki
installation can provide may be a viable solution for much of the
MapServer documentation.

SourceForge has several Wiki incarnations floating around (search for
wiki).  I personally found OpenWiki the easiest to mess with of the
couple I tried (limited to IIS though).

Dave V.