[Mapserver-users] Mapserver

[Mark Balman]

Hi List

Can anyone shed some light as to the best solution to the following:

We are currently very impressed with mapserver and would like to integrate
the functionality into a new project. The project is for enabling the
mapping of bird sightings (points) and showing Sites (points) within a
country (polygon).

The user would be able to enter sightings of species at a site and view
these on the website. Navigational tools (such as ROSA) and /or query tools
would be required to enable interactivity with the data.

Currently the project is being developed using Microsoft Win2k / XP, Access
as the backend database (only for development purposes) and Active Server
Pages as the scripting language. Having trawled through the archives it
seems that ASP support for mapserver is still on the "backburner" although
has been successfully implemented in some cases.

What I would like to know is:

How can we best host the application e.g. by dedicated server or shared
hosting? If anyone has knowledge of Win2K, ASP and mapserver hosting
companies please can you point us in the right direction.

Thanks in advance


Mark Balman

Database/Support Analyst
BirdLife International
Wellbrook Court
Girton Road
Cambridge
CB3 0NA
01223 279838
www.birdlife.net