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

[Paul Spencer]

Hi Ben ... you have a quite few options working with MapServer, probably 
the simplest for what you want to do is to use the CGI mode.  You'll 
need to create a Map file that contains references to the data you want 
to use and then you can set up standard HTTP requests to get images for 
specific locations.  There's lots of material on the UMN site to get you 
started on this.

As a new user, you might want to use  MapLab from 
http://www2.dmsolutions.ca/owt/maplab/ to help you set up and visualize 
your mapfile.

Cheers

Paul
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Paul Spencer
Applications and Software Development
DM Solutions Group

benkarl at texas.net wrote:
> 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
> 
> "Gimme that ring, ya hairy-footed hobbit varmint!  Gimme that ring
> or I'll blast ya!"
>                                 --Yosemite Nazgul.
>