New MapServer Demo (feedback requested)

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> Steve Lime wrote:
> > Hi all: I've got some time to put together a new demo for MapServer 
> > and would to get feedback from the community on what it should look 
> > like. Currently there are a number of options out there but none of 
> > them are very comprehensive. Demos that I know about include:
> > 
> > - the Itasca demo application (came out of the MUM1 meeting):
> > http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/mapserver_demos/workshop-5.0/ - Perry 
> > Nacionales' MapServer tutorial: 
> http://biometry.gis.umn.edu/tutorial/
> >  - Mobile Geographics' MapServer Recipies:
> > http://www.mobilegeographics.com/mapserver/ - MN DNR MapServer Test
> > Suite: http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/mapserver_demos/tests46/ 
> - Various 
> > MS4W packages: http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml
> > 
> > There are of course lots of questions:
> > 
> > - should a demo be installable, hosted or both - what data 
> should it 
> > use - should it cover just MapServer configuration (e.g. 
> mapfiles) - 
> > should it cover installation as well or should that be left to 
> > how-to's - what relationship to other packages (e.g. OpenLayers, 
> > TileCache, Ka-map) should be demo'd
> > 
> > Any feedback would be much appreciated.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> 
> Steve,
> 
> I kind of like what OpenLayers has done with Examples but I 
> think these are too minimalistic and may not convey 
> adequately some of the more complex ideas that mapserver 
> supports. That said, I think I would still start with a 
> similar concept and make a list of major functionality the 
> mapserver supports then setup a simple demo for each of 
> these. This list might start out like:
> 
> CGI interface
> OGC capabilities
>   - WMS
>   - WFS
>   - SLD
>   - ...

Note that the MapServer OGC Web Services Workshop
(http://ms-ogc-workshop.maptools.org/) has some demos you may want to
look at.  Very simple, but illustrate the functionality.

..Tom