[Xastir] Open source mapserver

[Dick C. Reichenbach]

 From what I've read (although it's been a while) the UMN mapserver uses 
basic shapefile data from ERSI.  It's no different from using the built 
in shapefile support.

Dick R. - KC8OBZ

Curt Mills wrote:

>On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
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>>I found out about this today:
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>>http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/
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>>And I have seen it in action many times over and not even realized it! My
>>company uses this for an application we run.
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>>Here's my question, I am a complete newbie when it comes to mapping software
>>etc. How could something like this be utilized for Xastir if even
>>applicable? I would love the idea of having my own local mapserver to
>>serve/render my own maps locally and I am just looking for a starting point.
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>If it serves up WMS maps, then Xastir can use them.  If it only
>serves up WFS maps, then Xastir has no support for it yet.
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>Here's a sample .geo file to try, use it to create your own that
>might work with the above server.  It helps greatly if you have
>specs on the server or use a web browser to go in and query which
>layers it supports first.
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>See below.
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