Mapbuilder + Mapserver without WMS?

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

Hi,

Mapbuilder, as a client-based web mapping solution, can work tomcat, as well as Apache httpd, etc.  Mapbuilder connects to maps via standards-based mechanisms (i.e. WMS, etc.), so your best bet would be to create a WMS instance of your data and have Mapbuilder seamlessly connect to and display your map data.

..Tom
 


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	From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Del C. Andrade
	Sent: 09 October, 2007 8:18 AM
	To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
	Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapbuilder + Mapserver without WMS?
	
	
	
	    Greetings,
	
	    I have been sniffing around the web lately trying to find a good ajax client to enhance our in-house developed client in our mapping application (Google maps spoiled a lot people). Anyway, I found Mapbuilder and thought it would fit the bill because it works on Tomcat and has allows all the visual customization we need.
	    However, I cant find in the docs any mention to it running alongside Mapserver with a non-WMS setup. I dont think we could refactor our java mapscript code to make it 
	work reliably trough a WMS connection. Not to mention no one over here ever worked with WMS before, so add in the cost/time of training someone. 
	
	    So, has anyone ever successfully used Mapbuilder sending parameters to mapserver trough a good old fashion POST and fetching the resulting map directly at the file system, or is that line a research a dead-end and I should start thinking about migrating to a local WMS?
	
	    Thanks!
	
	    Rodrigo
	
	
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