[mapserver-users] open src gis vs. mapinfo (comparison)

[Gerald Thornberry]

rami friedman wrote:

> Is there an open source geocoding solution?

I searched not too long ago for an open source geocoding engine, but to
no avail.

> Is there good street data available for the United States 
> that is in a
> format that mapXtremeJava understands (.mdf or .gst)?
> 
> What about good street data that mapserver understands?

After waiting a month and a half for GDT to contact me, I finally
received pricing on their street data products for geocoding:

$650.00 per US County (1 - 5 user license)

$1300.00 per US County (6 - 15 user license)

Annual maintenance and updates - 50% of original cost

My guess is that they are in shapefile format, though they may have
others.  MapServer does handle shapefiles.
        
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