Ian Manifold comes with a 'web server' or at least a version of the program that will serve up maps from a specified directory. You have to put Manifold onto a computer and then set it up with your map data. As I read it, it seems relatively straight forward (although I am sure that there are some gotchas in there).
We have not yet implemented this solution. (we are in rural Ontario - high speed is, well not reliable) We were basically going to take one of our old workstations and have it serve the maps and the website. It seemed like a good solution, except for the un-reliableness of our access, so the site would be down when our internet was. From reading the docs (we have a variety of GIS systems here) it seems as though you can just serve up you shape files, but converting them to the Manifold format made it faster? Anyways, it was a while ago that we looked at it, but it seemed like the best solution to us at the time. Ping me off list if you would like anything else. Rob On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Rob Parkhill wrote: > > We have plans to do such a thing. We are looking at Manifold. It comes > > with a IMS built in, and it is very inexpensive (relative to 'other' > > solutions). > > http://www.manifold.net/ > > > > Rob > > Thanks for the link, I'm reading now and the first thing I do see is a > price tag much more in line with our shoe string budget. > > Do you know off the top of your head if this is just an GIS editor of > somekind or does it support exporting GIS data for web consumption > either with existing map API's and user interfaces or it own? I.E. If > it has a web deliverable feature does this require custom software on > the server? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:318245 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
