[Mapserver-users] Is this the right program for me?

Thu May 27 20:40:55 EDT 2004

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I'm still trying to determine if MapServer is the proper program for me to
use... What I'm trying to do is this :

I have a map of the world displayed on a website. I click on an area and
display a zoomed in map of that area - Say I click on North America, I now
see a map of North America on the screen... I proceed to click on the area I
want, getting zoomed in maps of the areas. I finally click on San Francisco,
California and now I want to download information files on San Francisco
such as history of the city, city flag, city maps, yearly weather
information, official bird, hotel information etc...  The information I get
for the user to download will be based on the Lat Long information I get
from clicking on my map.  All file information is stored in a database such
as MySql or Sql.

Can I do this using MapServer and PHP or is there a better program to use
such as Grass or MapInfo for my purposes?

Thanks very much for your answers..

- sharyn

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I'm still trying to determine if MapServer is the
proper program for me to use... What I'm trying to do is this :

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

I have a map of the world displayed on a website. I click on
an area and display a zoomed in map of that area - Say I click on North
 America, I now see a map of North America on the
screen... I proceed to click on the area I want, getting zoomed in maps of
the areas. I finally click on San Francisco, California and now I
want to download information files on San Francisco such as history
of the city, city flag, city maps, yearly weather information, official bird,
hotel information etc...&nbsp; The information I get for the user to
download will be based on the Lat Long information I get from clicking on my
map.&nbsp; All file information is stored in a database such as MySql or Sql.

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Can I do this using MapServer and PHP or is there a better
program to use such as Grass or MapInfo for my purposes?</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks very much for your answers..</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- sharyn</span></font></p>

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