[mapserver-users] Displaying maps on the mobile

[nimalika fernando]

Hi,

mobile maps based on mobile web has certain limitations.
If the targeting browser does not support JS , it would be useless to use OL as a client.
Basically it would be a good idea if you can provide a seperate layout using CSS, if you want to use the same web site. 

But if yor target phones are not smart phones , then better to avoid OL client and use a simple XHTML based client. In terms of navigation , img size , apperence etc, it is a good idea to provide a seperate sites tahn trying to optimize the existing site.

I have tried WMS on mobile with Mapserver and basic HTML. 

PHP or any server side strategy would do no harm.

I am testing cabalities of different browsers on providing web GIS services on mobile context these days and your site also can consider as a candidate if you wish. 

nimalika



--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Frederic Junod <frederic.junod at camptocamp.com> wrote:

From: Frederic Junod <frederic.junod at camptocamp.com>
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Displaying maps on the mobile
To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 3:18 AM

If the images returned by mapserver (WMS) are viewable by the mobile
browser, then yes: it's supported.
The main problem here is the map navigation (pan, zoom, etc ...) with
OpenLayers in a mobile browser.

But that's a javascript problem, not a mapserver problem.

fredj

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:58 AM, padma priya<vppriya at tenet.res.in> wrote:
> Thanks but does mapserver support map creation for the mobile browser?


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Camptocamp SA
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