Architecture of my site: Chameleon, MapLab, MapScript, etc. What should I

[Jeff McKenna]

That is one way to look at it. I don't think we ever thought of
replacing GMapFactory - GMapFactory is still useful for people who don't
care to customize their application (it does offer options for layout,
however to add more options you would have to dive deep into
phpmapscript code).  Chameleon offers many more 'widgets' (mapping
functionality), allows for custom widget additions (as Bart mentioned),
and is constantly growing through development.

jeff




Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
> I think Chameleon replaces GMapFactory, but maybe DMSG has a different vision to this.
>
> Chameleon offers a lot of flexibility in my opinion, you can build your own widgets inside the Chameleon system. My advice would be to start looking at Chameleon.
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> Bart van den Eijnden
> Syncera-ITSolutions
> Postbus 270
> 2600 AG  DELFT
>
> tel.nr.: 015-7512436
> email: BEN at Syncera-ITSolutions.nl
>
>
>>>>Rodrigo Tomasi <rtcastro2 at GMAIL.COM> 05/02/05 02:15pm >>>
>
> Thanks Bart,
>
> And about MapLab s GMapFactory ? Isn t similiar to Chameleon ?
>
> That s my doubt:
>
> 1) Build my own mapscript application  OR
> 2) Use Chameleon ou GMapFactory
>
> Maybe the first option will be slower at start, by will give me more
> flexibility and scalability in the feature. I m afraid of use a 3rd party
> solution (ex: Chameleon), have a fast start but after 1 month discover
> that I have some limitations that I will not have building my own
> mapscript application.
>
> What is your sugestion ?
>
> Thanks again,
>
>     Rodrigo
>
> ------------
>
> On Mon, 2 May 2005 13:29:08 +0200, Bart van den Eijnden <BEN at SYNCERA-
> ITSOLUTIONS.NL> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Maplab is a tool mainly aimed at creating and managing Mapserver MAP
>
> files.
>
>>Mapscript is a SWIG-based (http://www.swig.org) or PHP interface to the
>
> Mapserver C core.
>
>>Chameleon is based on PHP/Mapscript (PHP/Mapscript is the engine of
>
> Chameleon) and is a toolkit to build webmapping applications fast using
> templates. ALl the functionality you need is part of Chameleon.
>
>>You can create your own Mapscript application, but it's a lot faster to
>
> build an application using Chameleon in my opinion.
>
>>Best regards,
>>Bart
>>
>>Bart van den Eijnden
>>Syncera-ITSolutions
>>Postbus 270
>>2600 AG  DELFT
>>
>>tel.nr.: 015-7512436
>>email: BEN at Syncera-ITSolutions.nl
>>
>>
>>>>>Rodrigo Tomasi <rtcastro2 at GMAIL.COM> 05/02/05 01:14pm >>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I m searching for the best architecture for my MapServer site.
>>
>>I m with difficult to understand what is the difference between these
>>tools: Chameleon, MapLab, MapScript. Can anyone point me in the right
>>direction or send some documentation ?
>>
>>My page will run on Windows. I want to build a page with PHP that will
>>display a mapfile with about 150 layers on Oracle Spatial or
>>Shapefile, with the following commands:
>>
>>- Zoom in
>>- Zoom Out
>>- Full Extent
>>- Pan
>>- Identify
>>- Measure Distance
>>- Layer s list loaded from mapfile and divided into groups (vector and
>
> raster)
>
>>- Show/Hide layer
>>
>>Users will enter in the site by entering the main page (overview) or
>>by making a query on a Table and the clicking on "View Map" button
>>(direct view).
>>
>>The page will be part of an Environmental Information System.
>>
>>Any ideas ? What s the best option to me ?
>>I have experience in ArcIMS (C# Development), so I think when I
>>understand the architecture things will clear more rapidly.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>   Rodrigo
>
>
>


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Jeff McKenna
DM Solutions Group Inc.
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