[mapserver-users] Help about a project to use MapServer

[Paul Spencer]

On 2009-09-28, at 8:50 PM, manuel sosa wrote:

> Dear friends,
> It is a pleasure to greet you. I'm new to the world of geospatial  
> science but I have some knowledge about it. My interest is to  
> clarify some doubts about a project that I have to implement to a  
> customer.
> The work schedule is as follows: It is required to implement a web  
> server that has the WFS and WMS capability so users can connect with  
> a client application (desktop) and allow them to use the mapping  
> information will be available on that server .
> We have been researching products that we could use and there is a  
> high degree of approval with MapServer, my questions are:
> - Developing a web server with mapserver, is required to design a  
> server access page for handling maps or we can do it only with the  
> client application?

mapserver runs as a CGI, fast CGI or module process, it typically  
returns just a map image.  There is no need for a separate server  
access page.  Hopefully I have understood your question?

> - What software recommended to implement the client application?

Depending on your needs, there are several client libraries and  
environments that might be suitable in a desktop environment.  QGIS (c  
based GIS application) and uDig (java/eclipse based UI) come to mind  
immediately as open source options.

> - In the second stage we are planning to implement routing solutions  
> and vehicle tracking, does MapServer have support for these solutions?

No, mapserver only produces a map image (or GML in the case of WFS)  
from your GIS data.  pgRouting is an open source implementation of  
routing.

>
>
> I hope I can help.
> Thank you very much.
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Cheers

Paul
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    Paul Spencer
    Chief Technology Officer
    DM Solutions Group Inc
    http://research.dmsolutions.ca/