[Mapserver-users] MapServer and ASP.Net

[Richard Greenwood]

Ross Smith wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I hate to post this message again, but I am hopeful that now that the MUM2
> is over the MapServer Gurus will be able to assist me.
> 
> 
> Can ASP.Net be used to design websites and communicate with the MapServer
> cgi exe?  Any assistance would be useful, we are an ASP shop looking to move
> into the MapServer world and we would like to leverage our ASP knowledge.
> If one can use ASP what are some of the pitfalls that we may face - i.e..
> Writing our own wrappers and the maintenance of them could be a bit of a
> challenge.
> 
> 
> I searched the archives because I assume this question has been asked a lot
> but I could not locate any conclusive answers.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance, I will summarize the responses for everyone.
> 
> Ross

Depending on your needs, you may be able to simply use mapserv cgi for 
pages that require a map, and use ASP for your other pages (e.g. pages 
that access a relational database). This is what I do.

I have also used aspexec from http://www.serverobjects.com/products.htm 
which allows ASP to execute mapserv.exe

And a similar approach is discussed at:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc40/wms-server-howto.html#onlineresourceurl

If you search the archives, Ed McNierney has some nice examples of using 
asp. You can use Google to search with syntax like:
    site:gis.umn.edu ASP Ed McNierney

Regards,
-- 
Richard Greenwood
www.greenwoodmap.com