[mapserver-users] Base map data for WMS

[Reinoud Bokhorst]

Thank you. Yes, I was planning to use a tile cache for this service. I am not new to MapServer but 
have never used OSM or tile caching and am not particularly experienced in styling, so I have many 
questions now. But I'll first study the documentation in the answers!

On 03/07/2012 10:16 AM, thomas bonfort wrote:
> 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).
>
> --
> 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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