We are using Joomla, but no GIS portal yet. We are investigating how tough it would be to integrate a WMS client (current leader is Mapbender) to it. (Our backend is PostGIS/Geoserver.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/31/2007 12:49:58 PM: > Jesse Cleary wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I've a GIS and CMS question to pose. What open source CMS do folks use > > to organize your project website(s) and web GIS applications? > > > > We are currently using Plone as our CMS for project collaboration and > > web GIS (standard MapServer + Postgres/PostGIS and PHP/mapscript front > > end). GIS app integration relies on iframes (ugh). > > > > In addition, we have not been able to get much user participation in > > content creation from many of our project partners despite repeated user > > training sessions etc. This might be a Plone thing (too complex?) or a > > cultural issue (I'm not a web developer, why would should I participate > > if some web guru can do it better?) > > > > Are there alternatives that we should consider that could integrate > > tighter with our existing MapServer apps and might address our user > > complexity hesitance? We are aware of PrimaGIS for Plone but have not > > gone beyond some limited initial testing. > > > > I realize I haven't specified any of our other requirements, but I just > > want a short list of alternatives to Plone with web GIS integration > > potential. Thanks for any suggestions you might have... > > > > Apologies for cross-postings, but wanting to get a diverse set of > > responses... > > > > > > Jesse > > > > Jesse, > > If you have any questions about the web GIS stuff UNC's Ancient World > Mapping Center is doing at > > http://pleiades.stoa.org/ > > let me know. We've integrated OpenLayers and Plone, which I think more > or less deprecates many uses of PrimaGIS (which will be making more and > more use of OpenLayers as well). If you absolutely have to develop your > web GIS in PHP, you should probably switch to a PHP CMS. > > Cheers, > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
