[mapserver-users] Java - Mapserver

[Paul Ramsey]

GeoTools could form the foundation of a Java server-side solution. 
Remember a mapserver is just a server-side renderer. GeoTools can render 
on the server just as easily on the client. That said, there would be 
alot of work to do to get there, in terms of defining a mapfile-like 
system of styling control, format support, etc etc etc. JaGo is a more 
likely possibility for a pure-Java map server solution which is already 
kind of ready-to-go, but I doubt it can touch mapserver for either speed 
or quality at this point in the day. (The OpenMap guys have also 
leveraged their Java toolset into a WMS server-side solution.)

P.

Dave McIlhagga wrote:
> I'm not sure that GeoTools can quite replace everything that MapServer 
> has to offer.  For one thing, there is a heavy reliance on client-side 
> java which is not an option for many (if not most?) MapServer 
> users/developers.
> 
> That's not to say a Java version of MapServer wouldn't be desirable ... 
> just that geotools meets a very different need then a java-based 
> MapServer would.
> 
> Dave
> 
> Andrew Haigh wrote:
> 
>> Search for geotools on sourceforge.
>>
>> That said i'm not sure what your wanting to do.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
> 
> 


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