[mapserver-users] mapserver basemap

[Yves Jacolin]

On Friday, May 20, 2016 16:05:31 Eugenio Trumpy wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I would like to insert a modern basemap on a running mapserver project.
> Currently I set a mapfile including about 15 layers and a raster tif file
> representing the hillshade of the study area, as basemap.
> My aim is to substitute the running base map with something more dynamic as
> well as with higher resolution and at the same time not heavy to slow down
> the service. These basemap aspects are new for me, I found documentation
> but not so clear for me, I need something easy. What can you suggest me? Is
> it an hard stuff? or can I handle it? I think I could have at least 2
> possibilities: to insert a WMS global layer, (and in case can you suggest
> me a nice service?), or set up something like tiles service (like OSM), in
> case how??
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
Eugenio,

Did you try the basemaps project?

https://github.com/mapserver/basemaps/

Doc is here: https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/Rendering-OSM-data-on-Ubuntu-12.04

Y.
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