[mapserver-users] alternatives to ms4w?

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Michael,

I am very glad that MS4W is so useful for your organization.  Note that
there is a beta released in April, that you should be testing and
reporting back on: see archives at
http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/ms4w-users/2013-April/002230.html

Thanks for your support.

-jeff


-- 
Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/



On 2013-07-11 10:45 AM, Smith, Michael wrote:
> I am curious about this myself.  In my research, it seems that both
> packages are using MapServer versions that are fairly out of date.
> 
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> 
> MS4W hasn’t been updated in over a year and is at MapServer 6.0.3
> 
> OSGeo4W reports it is using an even older version 5.0.x.
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> Meanwhile MapServer itself is at 6.2.1 and counting.
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> One big difference in the two packages is that OSGeo4W is a bunch of OS
> GIS tools including things like GRASS and QGIS, while MS4W is just
> MapServer.  We use MS4W extensively and find it very easy to install and
> configure compared to OSGeo4W.  MS4W really is the ‘drop-in’ approach
> and we can typically set up a server in about 30 seconds.
> 
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> ===============================
> *Michael Smith MS GISP*
> State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS
> State of Maine, Office of Information Technology
> /michael.smith _at_ maine.gov/ 207-215-5530
> 
> Board Member, Maine GeoLibrary
> Education Chair, Maine GIS Users Group
> State Rep, National States Geographic Information Council
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> State House Station 145
> 51 Commerce Drive
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> *From:*mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *John Smith
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:29 AM
> *To:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [mapserver-users] alternatives to ms4w?
> 
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> 
> guys,
> 
> are there any recommendations between ms4w and osgeo4w. i guess it
> depends on use case but for typical uses?
> 
> https://encrypted.google.com/?q=ms4w+vs+osgeo4w
> 
> as for my case, i'd like to use the latest release of apache, postgis
> and php with mapserver, and so just looking to drop-in ms on windows.
> 
> it seems osgeo4w is heavier than ms4w. why not combine these efforts.
> 
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> thanks, jzs
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> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Siki Zoltan <siki at agt.bme.hu
> <mailto:siki at agt.bme.hu>> wrote:
> 
> Dear John,
> 
> check osgeo4w at http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/
> 
> Regards,
> Zoltan
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 29 Jun 2013, John Smith wrote:
> 
> guys,
> 
> are there any good alternatives to ms4w at
> http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/?page=downloads.html. its last stable base
> package is over a year old from may 26, 2012, and there is no timeline
> given about its next release.
> 
> thanks, jzs
> 
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