I'm neither a purist nor the other extreme... The input is definitely appreciated. I am in the process of assessing it's capabilities and if it has a place in an overall solution.
The issue at hand is I haven't really seen MapGuide fit my purpose; I haven't even set it up with my data yet. I haven't gotten off the ground. So I'm not convinced yet that it's worth the $495 as of yet to invest when I haven't really gotten much usability out of it to begin with. I agree, though, in the sense that ultimately we will have multiple solutions depending upon client needs and this will inevitably mean some open source and some other invested software. The idea is to keep that to a minimum as you would probably imagine. If we could have one open-source alternative and one other type that would be ideal. Unfortunately we have something pretty advanced with MapServer currently and so when looking at MapGuide I basically was interested to explore it as an alternative; I hadn't even known it existed. So, I will likely try out the trial software to get a demo running and take it from there. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Morsell Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 12:53 PM To: 'MapGuide Users Mail List' Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] RE: MapGuide Open Source Web Studio Sometimes it makes sense to spend money on software that is the best tool for what you are doing. Some purists might think that all software should be free and open source, but the reality of today is that spending some money on some software while working with open source software where it is suitable generally makes the most sense. Autodesk MapGuide Studio is not expensive (relative to other commercial IDE type products) and IMHO the $495 is worth the money. I still use Maestro in the cases where the Autodesk product is deficient; such as moving or copying resources while retaining their relationships. As Zac mentioned, you can download a fully working 60 day evaluation copy of Autodesk Studio (with the MapGuide Enterprise download) at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=10301587. For what it's worth, myself and many of my clients work with MapGuide Open Source using Autodesk MapGuide Studio. Andy Morsell, P.E. Spatial Integrators, Inc. www.SpatialGIS.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nelson Soto Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 9:02 AM To: MapGuide Users Mail List Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] RE: MapGuide Open Source Web Studio That's unfortunate because Maestro crashes on me rather often... Is there no other alternative to adding data? This might be a deal breaker if I must shell out money for Autodesk's Web Studio just to get a working way of adding data... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zac Spitzer Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:11 AM To: MapGuide Users Mail List Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] RE: MapGuide Open Source Web Studio try maestro, webstudio never fully got the love it needed z On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Nelson Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, to be more specific, for all except for Map Panels - Layers, I get a > 404 not found error in the section where the Help Contents Displays. > > > > The error 500 appears as a Javascript MsgBox. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Nelson Soto > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 10:30 AM > To: 'MapGuide Users Mail List' > Subject: MapGuide Open Source Web Studio > > > > For some reason, I can not upload SHP following the Getting Started options > @ http://localhost/mapguide/webstudio/index.html# > > > > When looking at the "Help Guide" with "Help Topics" the following sections > do not load: > > > > Concepts > > a) Feature Source > > b) Layer > > c) Map > > Panels > > a) Feature Source Panels - Properties > > b) Feature Source Panels - Settings > > c) Map Panels - Layers (Blank?) > > > > Sometimes, an error 500 appears other times it does not. What do I do? > > > > Thanks, > > Nelson > > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > > -- Zac Spitzer - http://zacster.blogspot.com (My Blog) +61 405 847 168 _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
