New User - What to start with: Unix or Windows

[Werner Meyer]

Dear Jeff and list,

I have started to use AMEIN for UMN because ArcMap is our standard desktop GIS.
Interesting approach.
We  have bought the printed manual
but with all the information I cannot get over this error:
After a first successful round of mapfile generation I never can do 
another one until I reboot
the system. Some files get locked. I dont find out which one it is. The
message does not tell me that. It always happens on the last screen. when
I start to treat layer after layer: "Runtime error 70 Permission denied",

Has anynone solved this problem ?

Werner Meyer, MSc (GIS), Swiss Federal Statistical Office


At 15:50 22.01.2006, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>For a new user here's what I recommend:
>
>a) try styling the MapServer map (called a .map file) right in 
>ArcGIS with the Amein! extension: http://sourceforge.net/projects/avein/
>
>If you have ArcView 3.x use the GIX export tool 
>(http://gix.sourceforge.net/) to export your View as a .map file.
>
>Otherwise you will be styling your data in a text editor (most of us 
>do that but it's not easy for a beginner)
>
>b) If you're on Windows, use MS4W (http://www.maptools.org/ms4w) - 
>it will get you going easy.
>
>jeff
>
>
>
> >  -------Original Message-------
> >  From: Maggie Ma <id_maggie at YAHOO.COM>
> >  Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] New User - What to start with: 
> Unix or Windows
> >  Sent: 21 Jan '06 15:59
> >
> >  Dear all,
> >
> >  I am a new user of MapServer. I have been using ArcGIS desktop for a few
> >  years. Now I want to do some online mapping. I just start to look into
> >  MapServer. And I need your input on whether I should start with Unix or
> >  Windows MapServer.
> >
> >  The concern is to do it right/the best from the very beginning. I am not
> >  afraid of learning Linux/Unix. I know some basics. But since I have always
> >  been working with ArcGIS under Windows, I want to make sure that it worths
> >  it to switch. If it wont make much difference then I will just stay with
> >  Windows.
> >
> >  So shall I go : Windows MapServer + Windows ArcGIS or Linux MapServer +
> >  Linux ArcGIS or even Linux MapServer + Windows ArcGIS?
> >
> >  What's the best way to start?
> >
> >  Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions and thoughts!
> >
> >  Maggie
> >
> >