Comments on: MapServer at pair Networks http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2008/04/07/183/mapserver-at-pair-networks/ ...Jason Birch's geospatial ramblings Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:29:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Richard Marsden http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2008/04/07/183/mapserver-at-pair-networks/#comment-66823 Richard Marsden Thu, 15 May 2008 15:18:59 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2008/04/07/183/mapserver-at-pair-networks/#comment-66823 Hello, I'm the "one of the users on the private Pair newsgroups", and I now have something to show for my (and Jason's) efforts. The main map can be found here: http://www.ecomapcostarica.com/map/index.shtml This is a preliminary map. We will be in the field from 26th May for about a week. We intend to have some live map updates and to get the students blogging. Real ecological data and student reports won't be uploaded until after we return. This is implemented using MapServer and OpenLayers. Further annotation and icons are added using a KML layer in OpenLayers. The grid is 'manually' drawn in Javascript (this was actually easier than creating the coordinates in Excel/Python/whatever and creating a KML file). Even without the multi-source layers, I found that adding OpenLayers greatly improved the user experience - along the same principles as AJAX. A second map page uses Virtual Earth for the base layer, but this does not work so well when zoomed in and it prefers Internet Explorer. Once we had it built, the MapServer side of things is pretty simple - data is in the form of SHP files or GeoTIFF. Both have been tiled and indexed. Thanks Jason! Hello, I’m the “one of the users on the private Pair newsgroups”, and I now have something to show for my (and Jason’s) efforts. The main map can be found here:

http://www.ecomapcostarica.com/map/index.shtml

This is a preliminary map. We will be in the field from 26th May for about a week. We intend to have some live map updates and to get the students blogging. Real ecological data and student reports won’t be uploaded until after we return.

This is implemented using MapServer and OpenLayers. Further annotation and icons are added using a KML layer in OpenLayers. The grid is ‘manually’ drawn in Javascript (this was actually easier than creating the coordinates in Excel/Python/whatever and creating a KML file). Even without the multi-source layers, I found that adding OpenLayers greatly improved the user experience - along the same principles as AJAX.

A second map page uses Virtual Earth for the base layer, but this does not work so well when zoomed in and it prefers Internet Explorer.

Once we had it built, the MapServer side of things is pretty simple - data is in the form of SHP files or GeoTIFF. Both have been tiled and indexed.

Thanks Jason!

]]> By: ChrisWebster http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2008/04/07/183/mapserver-at-pair-networks/#comment-66768 ChrisWebster Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:10:37 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2008/04/07/183/mapserver-at-pair-networks/#comment-66768 Thanks for the tips. So now I guess I'll try installing OSGeo4W instead. Maybe I'm the one who should get out more.... Thanks for the tips. So now I guess I’ll try installing OSGeo4W instead. Maybe I’m the one who should get out more….

]]> By: Jason Birch http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2008/04/07/183/mapserver-at-pair-networks/#comment-66766 Jason Birch Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:46:44 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2008/04/07/183/mapserver-at-pair-networks/#comment-66766 Yes... yes I do :) OSGeo4W is a continuation of the MS4W project, and has a fusion demo application available in it. The Fusion JS API isn't well documented yet, but there is a host of other docs available on the Fusion site: http://trac.osgeo.org/fusion/ Yes… yes I do :)

OSGeo4W is a continuation of the MS4W project, and has a fusion demo application available in it.

The Fusion JS API isn’t well documented yet, but there is a host of other docs available on the Fusion site:

http://trac.osgeo.org/fusion/

]]> By: ChrisWebster http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2008/04/07/183/mapserver-at-pair-networks/#comment-66761 ChrisWebster Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:28:15 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2008/04/07/183/mapserver-at-pair-networks/#comment-66761 You really need to get out more... :-)) Nice to see the MapServer demos actually working, as my home installation (MS4W from http://maptools.org/ms4w/) is still ...er... a work in progress. Have you seen any documentation on the Fusion API for MapServer yet? I'm interested in trying it out with MapServer (not enough hardware for MapGuide OS), but can't find any docs to get me started... Cheers, Chris You really need to get out more… :-))

Nice to see the MapServer demos actually working, as my home installation (MS4W from http://maptools.org/ms4w/) is still …er… a work in progress.

Have you seen any documentation on the Fusion API for MapServer yet? I’m interested in trying it out with MapServer (not enough hardware for MapGuide OS), but can’t find any docs to get me started…

Cheers, Chris

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