[Mapserver-users] standalone version possible?

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: niklas wormann [mailto:nwoe at privat.utfors.se] 
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 3:43 AM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: [Mapserver-users] standalone version possible?
> 
> 
> 
> 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,
> 

I believe Steve Lime's Landview DHTML demo does all coordinate calculations
with JavaScript, if this is what you're after.  Although I'm not sure how
configurable it is.  I gave up after trying to change it to work with
lat/long.

..Tom

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Tom Kralidis
Systems Scientist
Environment Canada
Tel: +01-905-336-4409
http://www.ec.gc.ca/cise/



> 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
> 
> 
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