[mapserver-users] Setting up MapServer (Request for Info)

[benkarl at texas.net]

Hi,

I'm working a web development project where we would like to put 
street maps on pages showing the location of specific sites by 
street address.  Basically, we want the same sort of thing 
MapQuest or Yahoo Maps can do, but we can't afford the $4500 
per year that MapQuest wants to let us put maps on our own pages. 
 I started looking into alternatives and found MapServer.  

Our current configuration is a Windows NT machine at Dellhost so 
we pretty much need to go with cgi, though I suppose we could get 
a linux host if we needed something else.  I am aware of the 
Tiger/Line data from the census bureau for street locations.  

What I'd like to ask about right now is if I can get Mapserver to do 
what I want and what, at least generally, would be involved in doing 
it. If someone already has this information out there somewhere, I'd 
love a pointer to it.  

Thanks!

Ben Krauskopf
benkarl at texas.net

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