OpenLayers could consume the PostGIS data through MapServer, served either as a WMS/WFS or as a direct MapServer call.
David. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:07 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Layers Mateusz Loskot wrote: > Bob Pawley wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I am looking at Open Layers to display Postgis data. >> >> I have a couple of questions to start. >> >> - Can Open Layers connect directly to Postgis or does it require >> other software? >> >> - Is there documentation that shows how to make the connections and >> put the system together?? >> didn't see any detailed answer to this, so... I believe that Open Layers needs to talk to a WMS or WFS service, rather than directly executing SQL against a datatabase (PostGIS or otherwise). A pretty standard configuration is to run Geoserver (geoserver.org) w/ postgis. Mapserver (mapserver.gis.umn.edu) might be another option. -- Miles R. Fidelman, Director of Government Programs Traverse Technologies 145 Tremont Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02111 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 857-362-8314 www.traversetechnologies.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
