[mapserver-users] Base map data for WMS

[thomas bonfort]

Here http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/RenderingOsmDataUbuntu you
have detailed instructions for how to setup mapserver as a wms server
for openstreetmap imagery.
As the basemap rendering isn't specially light on server ressources I
would recommend using a tile cache and not expose the wms service
directly. Mapcache can assemble the cached tiles to serve complete wms
getmap requests should some of your clients not support tiled requests
(see http://www2.terriscope.fr/geocache/demo/wms for a possible
rendering style, you can select the "singletile" layer for untiled
getmap requests).

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thomas

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 09:29, Reinoud Bokhorst
<reinoud.bokhorst at bmtargoss.com> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> Until now I have been using the public Demis, Metacarta, Google Maps
> services as base map providers in my WMS clients. Since our company creates
> commercial services, I don't want to be dependent any longer on those
> because:
> - availability is never guaranteed
> - can not use those off-line
> - license restrictions a la Google Maps prohibits use for closed services
>
> So I am keen to start hosting our own base map WMS server containing a good
> resolution world map to start with. Later local maps for smaller areas can
> be added. The world map should be something like Demis with layers
> coastlines, borders, bathymetry, topography, place names, inland waters,
> main roads and place names.
>
> I could buy a WMS server including world map data, e.g. Demis or ArcIMS but
> I don't really want that. We already use GeoServer and MapServer and would
> rather add world map data. So I could:
> 1. buy world map data
> 2. create world map myself by assembling freely available data (gshhs,
> etopo, vmap, srtm, ...).
>
> I am afraid (2) will cost a lot of time. Regarding (1) I already found world
> data for sale from DM Solutions and ThinkGeo, are there others? Which is
> better?
>
> There is surprisingly little information on the net about this issue, I
> guess most people are either using public services or using commercial
> packages.
>
> My question is a general one: I wondered if anybody has encountered the same
> problem and what solution has been chosen, what data sources when creating a
> map yourself, other commercial data, what data is better than other, etc.
> All comments welcome!
>
> Reinoud Bokhorst
>
>
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