MapLab/Geocoding/Deploying

[Zak James]

Jeff,

Gmapfactory applications rely on mapserver, php mapscript and php
being available, so you would need these for deployment. For linux,
the fgs installer can set up a server with all necessary dependencies
(see http://www.maptools.org/fgs/). On windows, you can use the ms4w
installer, but it's not really designed for deploying applications,
only for development (see http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/).

Regardless of how you choose to deploy your application, extending
gmapfactory projects is not an easy thing to do. If you require
capabilities beyond the built-in functions, you are better off using a
toolkit like chameleon (http://chameleon.maptools.org/) or mapbuilder
(http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/).

zak

On 10/17/05, Jeff A. Briere <j.briere at sasktel.net> wrote:
> We are new to Mapserver, however we have been successful at
> developing a MapLab application using the MS4W installation on a
> stand alone computer.
>
> We are wondering if there are any Geocoding capabilities within
> MapServer?  Any source code or examples would be appreciated.
>
> Also, now that we have completed development using the basic
> tools provided within Maplab, we are wondering if we could enhance
> this application further outside of MapLab - has anyone had any
> success on this - any advice on how to proceed would be great.
>
> Finally,  from a deployment perspective (this may be a dumb
> question), I am not sure were to begin.  Do MapLab applications
> rely on an underlying Mapserver or are they driven entirely by PHP?
> The real question here is how do I take an application developed on
> a stand alone and get it working on my webpage when I'm not sure
> about all of the software dependancies?  Again any advice would
> be great?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>


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Zak James
Applications and Software Development
DM Solutions Group Inc.
http://www.dmsolutions.ca