[mapserver-users] alternatives to ms4w?

[John Smith]

thanks michael and marco.

ms4w does include apache and php though. in the past, i removed its apache
and php, and installed their latest releases separately. just looking to
avoid doing that again. at a minimum, get a x64 windows binary of ms4w. for
now, http://vbkto.dyndns.org/sdk/ looks like a good bet.

jzs



On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Marco Afonso <mafonso333 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> "apache, postgis and php with mapserver,"
>
> You are looking for a sort of GeoWAMP package ... :) That would be good
> for MapIgniter too. Currently I recom to install ms4w and postgis... take a
> look at http://mapigniter.com/wiki/install-windows
>
>
> 2013/7/11 Smith, Michael <Michael.Smith at maine.gov>
>
>>  I am curious about this myself.  In my research, it seems that both
>> packages are using MapServer versions that are fairly out of date.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Meanwhile MapServer itself is at 6.2.1 and counting.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ===============================
>> *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
>>
>>
>> State House Station 145
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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?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> thanks, jzs****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Siki Zoltan <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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