SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps
Christopher Schmidt
crschmidt at metacarta.com
Wed Aug 26 07:17:54 PDT 2009
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:30AM +0200, Till Adams wrote:
> Niels-Peter,
>
> I really do not see the need for this.
>
> All things, which are fun regarding Mapserver are not possible with
> GoogleMaps, e.g. reprojection or define your map layout in an easy way.
> Even if you would write some piece of code, which would enable mapserver
> getting that google tiles as a datasource you'll have at least a slower
> service than pure google and - if reprojecting the google stuff - you'll
> have "unreadable" maps with distorted labels.
>
> So beside the fact Chris already mentioned - I think if you have a
> client, which is able to show Mapserver services AND google map services
> together, you're fine, or what is your intention?
Many clients *can't* do this, and it does cause a problem for those clients.
For example, it's difficult for qgis to consume Google Maps tiles, last
I looked, but it can consume a WMS easily, so you can imagine using
MapServer as the integration point.
Web-based clients aren't the only types of clients that MapServer
WMSes have, and are the only clients that can consume Google Maps.
--
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta
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