[Mapserver-users] OGC versus ESRI's ArcGIS Server

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

Are you researching OGC vs. non-OGC approaches?  Or MapServer vs.
ArcIMS?  Or MapServer OGC-enabled vs. ArcIMS OGC-enabled?  All, some?

..Tom

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



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Subject: [Mapserver-users] OGC versus ESRI's ArcGIS Server


I was asked to research OGC versus ESRI's ArcGIS Server for the
following project:
I have created an application that runs stand-alone on CD using
MapObjects for Windows. Now I need to Web-enable this app, implement the
Web Services to display maps and do some analysis on the map layers. I
have spoken with ESRI and found that the ArcObjects will do a job as
needed. Now I am trying to find out how OGC MapServer works.
I would like to create Web Services that wil reside on my web server and
be reusable for my other projects/tasks. I would like to build my own
web map server.
I would like to be able to use Mapserver to:
1) Display Maps & Labels
2) Is Point In
3) Touch or Area Intersect
4) Record sets
5) Create points from Coordinates
Does Mapserver support the above functions?
How should I proceed from here?

Thanks in advance!

Tom





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