[Mapserver-users] standalone version possible?

[niklas wormann]

Hi!

i have been busy creating a cgi mapserver solution for the last couple of
months,
the interface /client is in flash, and i am basically using mapserver to
create
the maps and figure out some coordinates, no fancy queries etc. the bulk of
my time
i have spent creating a layer "on top" of the maps, with a lot of functions
related
to creating and editing features there. this is all done in flash and stored
in separate
db.

now the client wants a "standalone" version. by standalone version they mean
a
version that can produce maps upon user request, and of course handle the
coordinate
transformation from screen x y to lat long, without any connection to a
server of any kind.

my initial reaction was; NO you cant do that. after a while of thinking i
got to the conclusion
that it is indeed possible to use shp2img to produce the maps, although it
would take some
tricks (changing mapfiles on the fly) to get the shp2img app to produce the
images i want.

i have no idea how to get a grip on the coordinate space though,

the other alternative would be to use some ocx or whathaveyou to produce the
maps, render them
as images and go from there.

has anyone used mapserver in a "standalone" context?

tia
niklas woermann