[mapserver-users] c# or php?

[Tamas Szekeres]

Michele,

It is possible to compile mapserver with many of the dependencies (but not
all) for x64 and I have a couple of code could run on WS2003 x64 in
ASP.NETenvironment.
But using this option might be surprising definitely, since only a few
feedback we got about the possible issues in a real production environment.
The multithreaded environment provided by ASP.NET may also be challenging
for the various libraries that mapserver is using. But if you would like to
follow this way I could probably provide the required binary package to make
a test with.
To insert/update pgsql you could utilize the ogr C# interface contained by
the gdal package.

Apache/PHP would also be a wise choice if an inhomogeneous architecture is
acceptable or you could create one or more single threaded C# application so
as to serve the required images for the client application to achieve the
same result.
By using the /platform:x86 compile option you could ensure your appserver
would be able to run either on Win32 or x64 environments equally well.

Best regards,

Tamas





2009/2/6 Shimomura, Michele L.- Environmental Health <
Michele.Shimomura at denvergov.org>

>  Hi all,
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> I'm pretty new to MapServer and I've created some proof of concept apps,
> but I'm at a decision point for how to move forward and would like to hear
> others' opinions.
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> First, the small applications that I created were in Visual Studio 2008
> using the c# mapscript that came with the MS4W package, but now I've found
> out that our Windows 2003 server is running IIS 6 in 64-bit mode.
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> So, my question is:
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> 1) Can I compile everything to work in Windows and 64 bit and are there
> instructions on how to do that somewhere? In googling, I read something
> about buildbot, but that site seems to be down.
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>             2) Or, would I be better off just using Apache and the PHP
> mapscript?
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> I'll be integrating these maps into a SharePoint Intranet environment
> (built in c#), so that's why my preference is towards that way.  And if I go
> with #2, I'm thinking I can still use my c# front end but then create php
> web services to return functionality.  Also, eventually, the functionality
> will need to be able to insert/update PostGreSQL spatial data.
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> I would love to hear from others who have done this before because, if
> possible, I'd like to avoid getting way down path only to have many
> unexpected surprises.
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> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Michele
>
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