Using Mapserver or other opensource GIS in web-based MIS

[Abe Gillespie]

This can certainly be done with MapServer.  You'll just have to get
over the initial learning curve.  Do a search for Java at the
MapServer homepage and you'll probably find what you need to get
started.

And never be afraid to ask specific questions.

-Abe

On 1/10/06, li pan <purpureleaf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I am a newbie to GIS.
> Our customer is building their simple web-based MIS, and some modules
> require GIS functions.Basically what they want is to mark some buildings on
> the map of city(they own many buildings locate on different sides of the
> city), and to caculate the distance between them, their also want that by
> clicking a building on the map, they will by linked to the webpage showing
> their MIS's interface of the building.
> We was planning to use MapInfo, but only the license expense of MapInfo's
> webserver will exceed the total budget. So we are trying to find an
> alternative way. We would prefer a J2EE solution(the MIS is written using
> J2EE), but since the GIS is an isolated module, it would not be a big
> problem.
> Finally I found QGIS, Mapserver and other opensource solutions. I have
> downloaded Mapserver and installed some Mapserver based applications( MapLab
> etc.). And my question is, if we try to add simple GIS features(as described
> above)  to our MIS, will Mapserver be the answer? or some Mapserver-based
> application?
> Thanks.