Comments on: Open GIS http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/ Start-ups, Maps and Local Search in New Zealand Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: tom2 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-963 tom2 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:20:50 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-963 @ben : please explain how "more modern" == better fit for a given task , especially from a user's point of view @tom : glad you find the new rendering usefull. please don't hesitate to post your impressions or suggestions to the mapserver mailing list. as that functionality is quite new, any feedback on what you get vs. what you expected is welcome. @ben : please explain how “more modern” == better fit for a given task , especially from a user’s point of view

@tom : glad you find the new rendering usefull. please don’t hesitate to post your impressions or suggestions to the mapserver mailing list. as that functionality is quite new, any feedback on what you get vs. what you expected is welcome.

]]> By: tom http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-957 tom Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:11:45 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-957 We used to, and the Australian site is still based on MapServer tiles. But Manifold (one of the few non-Open Source tools we use operationally) offered much better cartographic output, so the NZ tiles are currently rendered with that. We've done some other rendering entirely in MapServer, though, and I like its power and flexibility, so we may look to use it soon now that 5.0 is producing such clean output. We used to, and the Australian site is still based on MapServer tiles. But Manifold (one of the few non-Open Source tools we use operationally) offered much better cartographic output, so the NZ tiles are currently rendered with that. We’ve done some other rendering entirely in MapServer, though, and I like its power and flexibility, so we may look to use it soon now that 5.0 is producing such clean output.

]]> By: izo http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-956 izo Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:37:38 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-956 Were you guys using mapserver to generate tiles on your zoomin website ? Were you guys using mapserver to generate tiles on your zoomin website ?

]]> By: Ben http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-955 Ben Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:22:55 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-955 Cool - that does look good. Looking forward to seeing new tiles from you guys! Have you got rendering over ec2 + s3 working? That'd be really awesome - you could rerender the world overnight. :) Cool - that does look good. Looking forward to seeing new tiles from you guys! Have you got rendering over ec2 + s3 working? That’d be really awesome - you could rerender the world overnight. :)

]]> By: tom http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-954 tom Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:22:24 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-954 Mapnik does look good, but I don't think it's quite as full-featured as MapServer: more of a library than a package. The rendering quality seems similar now that MapServer has AGG, according to <a href="http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=77" rel="nofollow">this comparison</a>. Mapnik does look good, but I don’t think it’s quite as full-featured as MapServer: more of a library than a package. The rendering quality seems similar now that MapServer has AGG, according to this comparison.

]]> By: Ben http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-953 Ben Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:25:13 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-953 Mapnik was what I meant! http://mapnik.org/tiling/london_tube/ Fucking antispam Mapnik was what I meant!

http://mapnik.org/tiling/london_tube/

Fucking antispam

]]> By: tom http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-952 tom Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:05:31 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-952 I think openlayers is more of a tile viewing system than a map renderer, so it can use tiles created by any server. The <a href="http://boston.freemap.in/" rel="nofollow">Boston Free Map</a> is one example that uses Mapserver 5.0 antialiased tiles, and it looks pretty good. I think I've heard something about OpenLayers being associated with GeoServer, but I'm not sure. GeoServer could definitely be worth looking into, but I think that MapServer is now ready to do what we want. It would certainly be nice not to have to wrangel with Manifold any more! I think openlayers is more of a tile viewing system than a map renderer, so it can use tiles created by any server. The Boston Free Map is one example that uses Mapserver 5.0 antialiased tiles, and it looks pretty good. I think I’ve heard something about OpenLayers being associated with GeoServer, but I’m not sure. GeoServer could definitely be worth looking into, but I think that MapServer is now ready to do what we want. It would certainly be nice not to have to wrangel with Manifold any more!

]]> By: Ben http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-950 Ben Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:12:49 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/2007/10/19/open-gis/#comment-950 Have you tried the engine they use for openlayers - its really nice - antialiased, polished and much more modern than mapserver. Have you tried the engine they use for openlayers - its really nice - antialiased, polished and much more modern than mapserver.

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