[Mapserver-users] ArcIMS vs MapServer Functionality

[Howard Mark]

Brock,

	It is easy to write a basic translator to ArcMap for WMS servers. I
have written one in Java that allows connections to WMS servers as if they
were ArcIMS servers.
I've written VB apps that use WMS servers too.
This works great for display/basemaps. If you want to perform spatial
operations, you need to set up MapServer as a WFS (GML) perhaps - then
translate to SDE. 
But why would you want to do that?


Mark 

-----Original Message-----
From: Brock Murch [mailto:bmurch at seas.marine.usf.edu]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:18 PM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [Mapserver-users] ArcIMS vs MapServer Functionality

List Members:

I am curious whether or not MapServer can supply data directly to a client
software (not browser) so that the MapServer served data can be applied
directly to a clients own data.

For example, with ArcMAP I can query a ArcIMS server and pull down the data
to
my ArcMAP software running locally on my computer. Can this be done with
MapServer? If not to ArcMAP is it availible for other types of local
clients?
Can MapServer use HDF files? I know that ESRI does not support them.

Our intended audience uses ESRI products extensively. They will most likely
want this functionality. We have to make a choice with this in mind. I for
one advocate the use of open software where ever possbible. This is one
instance where I may no be able to depending on the response to this query.

Thanks for any thoughts on the matter.


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Brock Murch
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University of South Florida
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