[Xastir] Open source mapserver

[Gerry Creager]

It serves both... and WCS, as well as SOS.

Curt Mills wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
> 
>> I found out about this today:
>>
>> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/
>>
>> And I have seen it in action many times over and not even realized it! My
>> company uses this for an application we run.
>>
>> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> See below.
> 

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