SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

[Till Adams]

Chris,

regarding the non-webbased clients you are right...

> 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. 
>
>   


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