[OpenLayers-Users] where to start?

[Lance Dyas]

Ian Turton wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Deli Soetiawan
> <crushfire2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I've been impressive with OpenLayers, is there any step-by-step tutorial
>> for deploying OpenLayers? i use Ka-Map before and it can easily use .shp &
>> .map combination (using MS4W), is OpenLayers can read map from .map
>> format? i've seen many example using what so called WMS but i didn't find
>> how to set a WMS until it can be used with OpenLayers.
>>
>> If any... tutorial should provide beginner with knowledge how to use
>> OpenLayers as WebGIS solution, more likely:
>>     
>
> You might find lessons 7 & 8 of my Penn State MGIS course useful -
> https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog585/home.html I cover GeoServer
> instead of MapServer (which I think is easier on windows) in lesson 7
> and a basic OpenLayers install in lesson 8.
>   
 I was going to say that OpenLayers is a nice presentational tool but .. 
the preliminaries
arent even about OpenLayers, they are GIS and WMS and that GeoServer 
seems way
more useable than MapServer... but I guess you just did that. ;-)