Clients vs. Environments

[Lester Caine]

Bill Binko wrote:

>>MapSurfer - Have not got a map to load yet :(
>
> I have gotten MapSurfer to work fine, and for what it is, it works well.
> It basically is a frames-based Map viewer that displays locally hosted
> mapfiles via the CGI Mapserver interface.  Personally, I find it hard to
> extend, as all of the logic is embedded in DHTML/Javascript.  The only
> part that I couldn't get to work was the reference map (but that's
> certainly because I didn't care about it.)
Looking at it to see what I am doing wrong is giving me the same
impression.

> It is an excellent testbed for playing with mapfiles while I develop the
> rest of my site.
I've four of them so far, and now adding a couple more ;)

> For a more integrated system, I am also looking at a component framework,
> and am playing with Chameleon and p.mapper.  I don't have enough
> experience with either to provide input here.
p.mapper is looking higher up the list at the moment. Once I get the
IsleofMan maps running in it I can compare performance, but the code
looks quite nice - so far!

> If you want to see MapSurfer, email me and I'll get you a
> username/password to my testbed site.
I think I'll pass at present, unless I feel like adding it to the my
comparison set, in which case I may take you up just to see how it
should look :)

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