mapserver vs. google maps - any comparisons done?

[Gary Watry]

Hi Ben

 

You have to pay about $200-400 per year to put data on Google, a lot cheaper
than commercial software but some cost never the less

 

You have to purchase Google Pro ($200) and depending oun what else you might
have to fork out for the GIS Loader tool ($200).

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Gary L. Watry


GIS Coordinator
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
FSU / COAPS
Johnson Building, RM 215
2035 East Paul Dirac Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2840

 

E-Mail: watry at coaps.fsu.edu

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Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:13 PM
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Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserver vs. google maps - any comparisons
done?

 

Hi,

I have been asked to look into developing an application to display basic
scientific data on the web. Its fairly vanilla stuff - display points at
which a certain event happened, popup a descriptive text when the user
hovers over them and then go to an information page when they are clicked.
There may also be things like colour coding of grid areas and so forth.

Having read a tutorial on using Mapserver with PHP some time ago and played
around with a it a little bit, I had more or less decided that Mapserver was
the best way to go to get this project done. However, over the last year the
I there have been so many applications coming out riding on Google Maps
rather than using a dedicated map server/GIS product. Despite this, I
haven't been able to find any information online comparing the different
products available, or listing the advantages and disadvantages of going for
one rather than the other.

Does anybody on this list have such information, or personal experience that
they would like to share?

Thanks for any opinions,

Benjamin

 



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