Well, I guess that's what I wanted to find out. thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jody Garnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:57 am Subject: Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] Differences between web mapping tools To: Amy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected]
> I would explain the difference - but the examples you listed are > all > from different categories of tools (with different goals). There > are > kind of two categories of tools ... > > All the Web 2.0 stuff - like google maps, yahoo etc.. which can be > used > as part of web mash-ups - but you do not own the data and google > gets to > snoop in on what your users are looking at. ArcIMS looks to be a > Web 2.0 > front end for the ESRI middleware stuff. You may find the > "OpenLayers" > project interesting as it lets you "mash up" data from a range of > sources. > A bunch of cool 3D visualization clients - like google earth, nasa > world > wind and so on. These servers work based off their own data - and > really > large servers. Both of them let you layer your own data ontop as > long as > you publish it to the web using .... There are other 2D clients > out > there like uDig, OpenJUMP and gvSig (these often focus GIS tasks > like > editing data rather than just looking at it). > > GeoServer, MapServer and and other "servers" that let you publish > your > data out to the web. GeoServer supports "standards" like WMS / WFS > / WCS > and also works with the KML format used by google maps and google > earth. > You use one of these programs to get your data into one of the 3D > visualization clients. > > And under the covers you have things like PostGIS, Oracle Spatial > or raw > shapefiles that hold your spatial data. > > Cheers, > Jody > Amy Johnson wrote: > > Can someone explain the differences between various web mapping > tools or > > point me to a place to find a clear explanation? For instance, > what does > > Google offer as far as tools that are different/better/worse than > > Geoserver? What about ArcIMS? How is that different? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Geotools-gt2-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
