[OpenLayers-Users] Geoserver vs ESRI ArcGIS Server.

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

Hi,

exporting MXD's to Geoserver (SLD) can be a problem/issue. There are some
tools available like ArcMap2SLD but they just don't get it quite right.

However, I see quite a bit of potential in Jeroen Ticheler's ArcGIS
extension called "Geocat bridge", which won't be open source but
reasonably priced, which will allow your MXD to be generated on your 
Geoserver instance using the REST config API. There is a talk about this
at the Barcelona conference.

Best regards,
Bart

> Hello Geoserver users,
>
> I am currently in a geoserver testing phase . I work for a regional
> authority in Germany and am in the process of deciding whether Opensource
> or ESRI should be used to build our WMS/WFS Service.
>
> Our current GIS editing suite comprises of ArcGIS with the Imagemapper
> extension for internet maps. This is great for a quick visualisation of
> mapping projects but has the disadvantage of not being a wms/wfs service.
> Observers can therefore only see the data as we have published them, and
> cannot load the data into their own GIS. There is also no support for
> layers as such, which is the main reason why I am looking at geoserver.
>
> My question is for people who people who use ArcGIS to create their
> spatial data, and Geoserver to publish the data as WMS/WFS services.
>
> How should I prepare my data for geoserver publishing? Is there a large
> amount of work needed to publish a geoserver project based on ArcGIS mxd
> Projects? Is there any clear disadvantages to using a geoserver setup in
> comparison to an ArcGIS server setup? I have unfortunately not been able
> to use either software, but have read that an ArcGIS mxd Project can be
> directly converted with a few clicks into a wms service. How true is this?
>
> I look forwards to your replies.
>
> Yours,
>
> Robert Buckley
> www.zgb.de
>
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