[Qgis-developer] Integration of QGIS mapserver to svn?

[Horst Düster]

Am 21.08.2010 16:45, schrieb Richard Duivenvoorde:
> Marco Hugentobler wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> The QGIS mapserver project implements a WMS server on top of the QGIS 
>> libraries (funded by the EU projects Orchestra, Sany and the city of 
>> Uster).
>>
>> With the recent additions in the QGIS mapserver project, the server 
>> is now very convenient to use and to configure. Jürgen therefore 
>> suggested to include the server code directly into the QGIS 
>> subversion repository, and I too think this is a good idea.
>>
>> The patch that includes the integration is attached to ticket 2959, 
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2959 (thanks to Jürgen Fischer and 
>> Pirmin Kalberer!).
>> The mapserver introduces one new dependency (libfcgi), but it is 
>> optional and the mapserver will just not be built without it.
>>
>> What is your opinion about an integration?
>
> Hi Marco,
>
> +5 ;-)
>
> I already tried the git version a few months ago, and I think it's 
> really really promising!
>
> A good/easy configurable mapserver was really missing in the foss4g 
> landscape.
>
> The 'QGIS mapserver' should make it easy for people/governments to use 
> qgis to easily deploy maps on inter/intranet sites! What I see now 
> that governents often decide to use arcgisserver just because the few 
> people around knowing how to style a map can do that only in arcgis... 
> The step from a mxd to a map- or sld-file is often too big...
>
> You are showing it off in barcelona don't you?
>
> By the way should you not give it an more 'snappier' name, so there is 
> no confusion with (minnesota) mapserver or the 'QGIS mapserver plugin'?
> Paolo (as our 'marketing'-hotshot) any comments on this?
> ... Qserver.... Qgisserver .... (mmq, qmapper already used ...).. 
> Quantumserver, Quantumserver ... whatever
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
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Hi Marco, Richard

+1 for the QGIS mapserver

and

+1 for Richards remarks related to the name. Maybe we can set up a name 
polling on qgis.org?

Regards
Horst