[Mapserver-users] Using mapserver to allow a user to create data - collecting koordinates (points) for a database record

[Vladimir Guzmán]

Lars Forseth wrote:

>Hello!
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>I'm doing a study to see wether mapserver/PostGis could be used in the following project:
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>North-Troendelag (www.ntfk.no) is within its borders responsible for CRM (Cultural heritage; archaeology). We have a lot of active amateur archaeologists/historians who collect information about warious types of sites. We wish to collect this data into a central database; and allow these people to enter this data through a webpage. Included in the data we want is ofcourse the location of a site; i.e coordinates - points.
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>Could mapserver and postgis be used for this. I.e allow a user - after logging in! - to search or select a location - zooming in to it in a suitable scale (1:50000 or 1:5000 maps could be available depending on location within the county) - click on the desired location on the map - after which the coordinates is entered into a database record (i.e postgis). This will happen somwhere in the prosess when the user creates a record of a site. Best would probably be a kind of "guide"!
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>Each user should be able to keep a record of the sites he/she has entered; and be able to "map" this - i.e create a hardcopy map showing all the locations they have "mapped". (One rason for this is that farmers in Norway now has to create an "environment plan" for their farms - including all archaeology/CRM sites on the farm).
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>Possible/Not possible? Pitfalls?
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>(I've talked to our local ESRI rep. And this could be done in ArcIms/Oracle-spatial; but at a price!! (and beside I use Linux at home, so an OS solution is welcome).)
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>regards
>larsf
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>Lars Forseth
>Archaeologist Nord-Trøndelag FK
>Tlf: 74111270 Mob: 97528143
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This is completely possible, using mapserver/mapscript.  You can use 
postgres, postgis or any other database to store the points.
If you need more specific help, you can contact me, or post a message in 
the list.

Best regards,

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