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

[enri]

Hi everybody,

Thank you very much for your response and information. Basicly the information I think you give me is that it's necessary provided a perfect or better tool is contributed. Maybe you will be disappointed when you get it.

Anyway, this tool will puts focus on windows users and dedicates to MAPFILE authoring, I mean it isn't another desktop GIS, it's a light weight mapfile GUI editor running on windows. Actually I have started the work according to my reqiurements. I think the initial version (version 0.1) will be available in 1 month.   For the long run, this tool will support every parameter which MapServer supports in a friendly way.

Best regards.

Enri   

======= 2008-07-24 04:40:39 you wrote：=======

>I don't think it in necessary, the old way does work, but I do think it will be very useful & I'm not aware of any other specific such application available.
>
>However, would it work for you as a QGIS plugin? QGIS can export a mapfile now, but it is a long way from perfect, and that would potentially give you a good head start in this arena?
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>   Brent Wood
>
>
>--- On Wed, 7/23/08, enri <enri at 163.com> wrote:
>
>> From: enri <enri at 163.com>
>> Subject: [mapserver-users] Poll: Do you think a standalone Mapfile editing tool is necessary?
>> To: "mapserver-users" <mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 9:03 PM
>> 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
>> 2008-07-23
>> 
>> 
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