Mapserver Web service questions

Wed Sep 15 16:06:01 EDT 2004

Andy -

Thank those who implemented it and documented it - I only had to type a
few sentences in email <g>!

        - Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242  

-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
Behalf Of ANDY CANFIELD
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:49 PM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapserver Web service questions

Ed,
Thank you! I'm reading through the docs now and they have everything I
was wanting to know, and kudos to who ever did the docs they are very
easy to use.
Andy

>From: "Ed McNierney" <ed at topozone.com>
>To: "ANDY CANFIELD"
><andy_canfield at HOTMAIL.COM>,<MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
>Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapserver Web service questions
>Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:35:23 -0400
>
>Andy -
>
>Please start by reading the WMS Client and Server documentation, which 
>you can find at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc.html - it's very 
>simple to use.
>
>       - Ed
>
>Ed McNierney
>President and Chief Mapmaker
>TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
>73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
>North Chelmsford, MA  01863
>ed at topozone.com
>(978) 251-4242
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] 
>On Behalf Of ANDY CANFIELD
>Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:56 AM
>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapserver Web service questions
>
>Ed,
>That is essentially what I was looking for.
>
>So I can send and http request to it via a small device and have it 
>return an image directly?
>Or does it put the image in a directory on the server from which I must

>retrieve it via an io stream?
>
>(
>If I go the web service route it will be a MIDlet on a phone making the

>request then embeding the image on the MIDlet's displayable canvas much

>like ROSA does in Applet context. However ROSA pulls from a link 
>essentially to where the image has been created on the server.
>)
>
>Also in the GET request how do you specify layers off or on etc? Or do 
>you have to send a PUT type request first to configure the output that 
>a GET will return?
>
>So far I have only used the php Interface so my knowlege of the actual 
>Mapserver itself is weak.
>Thanks,
>Andy
>
>
> >From: Ed McNierney <ed at TOPOZONE.COM>
> >Reply-To: Ed McNierney <ed at TOPOZONE.COM>
> >To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> >Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapserver Web service questions
> >Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:01:57 -0400
> >
> >Andy -
> >
> >"Web service" is a pretty loose term; do you have specific interface 
> >constraints (i.e. a particular interface model, etc.)?  MapServer 
> >natively supports the OGC Web Map Service (WMS) that provides a very 
> >nice, simple way to make an HTTP GET request that returns a image 
> >file in the requested format.  Such a request can be easily used in, 
> >for example, the "src=" property of an <IMG> tag on the requesting
page.
> >It can, of course, also be used in more complex environments where 
> >the client/requester is a different sort of application than a simple

> >HTML viewer.
> >
> >         - Ed
> >
> >Ed McNierney
> >President and Chief Mapmaker
> >TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
> >73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
> >North Chelmsford, MA  01863
> >ed at topozone.com
> >(978) 251-4242
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]
> >On Behalf Of ANDY CANFIELD
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:45 AM
> >To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> >Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapserver Web service questions
> >
> >To anyone who may know,
> >         Can Mapserver be used like a web service?
> >Here is my situation. I have a small device that I want to show maps
>on.
> >There are two ways I can do this as the device has a browser I can 
> >make
>
> >a small web page for it, or to give it more functionality I can write

> >an embeded app that displays maps from a web service.
> >
> >So what I need to know is can Mapserver be used like a web service or

> >do I need to write a web service that acts as the interface to
>Mapserver?
> >
> >I am using Mapserver for Windows and currently it's set up with php 
> >Mapscript for my web maps.
> >If I can use Mapserver as a service can I use the same one I'm 
> >running php Mapscript against?
> >
> >If not and I write a service is it safe to target the same Mapserver 
> >as
>
> >php is using via it's Mapscript interface?
> >
> >If it helps any the device sending the requests will be a Nextel 
> >Blackberry.
> >The language of the app sitting on the device will be J2ME ( Java 
> >Micro
>
> >Edition ). The service itself if I have to write one will be in C++.
> >
> >Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Andy
> >
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