[mapserver-users] Poll: Do you think a standalone Mapfile editing tool is necessary?

[Jeff McKenna]

On 23-Jul-08, at 5:03 AM, enri wrote:

> Hi, guys,
>
> I am planning to develop a stand-alone Mapfile editing tool for  
> mapserver based map authoring by a way of WYSWYG, including symbol  
> editing, because I find it's so difficult to use a text editor  
> authoring a mapfile to render beautiful map. But I am not sure if  
> it's usefule for you, or someone else has already done that.
>
> If you think that would be useful, please give me a vote and that  
> will encourage me to contribute faster to the community. But if you  
> find I am repeating others work, be kindly tell me please.
>
> enri

I can tell you that Quantum GIS' ability to style layers in a desktop  
environment and export the layers as a mapfile is quite nice.  And  
there is also a mapfile editor named Mapstorer that runs on a database  
backend.

But it is a huge task to maintain such a project, as MapServer is  
constantly changing and other technologies change (see MapLab).  That  
said, yes we'd all love the perfect tool :)


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