Only Mapserver or not

[Guillaume Sueur]

Hi André,
it depends pretty much of what you plan to do. If you need just one web 
mapping application, with routing and other functionnalities, you should 
  actually use one of these (CartoWeb has a routing module based on 
pgDjikstra). You will save a lot of time because you won't have to 
develop zoom, query, tooltip function and so on.
But if what you need is more specific, and evolutive or highly 
integrated to some already running web app, then you should start from 
scratch.

Hope that helps,


Andre Schoonbee a écrit :
> I have a question?
> 
> Should I use only Mapserver or not?
>  
> As I gone through the manual (Mapserver Opensource Development) it looks
> like with php development and porstgresql, I could be aqble to do prity much
> everything I want to do. It would probably be able to do routing also. 
> 
> Having said that, Products like Mapbender, Cameleon and Cartoweb was
> developed for good reasons. But to learn them also would require additional
> time.
> 
> My question is, will it be well worth it to try learning one of these 
> products also, because the added value will be far more that the time 
> spend in trying to redevelop some of their functionality. 
> (Re-developing the wheel situation)
> 
> What is your view on this??
> 
> Andre 
> 
>