[mapserver-users] create map, newbie Q.

[Thorsten Fischer]

Ben-Nes,

> to be more clear lets say I want to show mall map online and let the admin
> to change the information of polygons ( like stores area ) online by let him
> click on the area he want to update which will lead to form filled with the
> current info and a button to update.
> if so can I use postgresql with php?

Unfortunately, MapServer is lacking such an application backend (or do
you want to call it administration frontend?) at the moment. If you have
need of such a thing, you will have to program it yourself. If you want to
use it via web browser, php and some database -- postgres, mysql, you name
it -- will do the job. Oracle and postgresql have some (limited) ability
to store spatial data, afaik, the latter by using self-defined data
types, which could be helpful.

Maybe the guys at DM Solutions already work on such a thing? We at
MapMedia started some outlining (read: thinking) of such a tool,
unfortunately we don't have the manpower to implement it.


thorsten

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thorsten fischer : thfischer (at) mapmedia (dot) de