Tim, If you plan to use a front end like dBox or OpenLayers, there is no need to use MapScript. They are designed to work with CGI MapServer. I would suggest focusing your learning on a javascript front-end and let CGI MapServer serve up the maps.
David. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Mashford Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mapserver-users] Advice for MapServer project Hi list, I am after some advice on how best to achieve a MapServer project. I am a GIS professional (mainly MapInfo Pro), and I do a lot of MapBasic programming, however I have limited experience with Python, JavaScript, Java, VB and C. My project is a Crime Mapping system where the user first selects a Date Range of interest, and then views several thematic layers (crime, traffic accidents etc) over standard base layers (roads, parks etc). It will also require an address search function for navigation. I am thinking that dbox.js would be a good interface, providing suitable pan/zoom/query functions + layer control. The crime data could be stored in PostGIS, also the address point data for searching. The base layers would be updated only occasionally, so could be stored as ShapeFiles for speedy rendering. And MapServer could be controlled with Python MapScript. So my question is: does all this sound suitable?? It will require me to spend a bit of time learning more Python, JavaScript and PostgreSQL, so I want to make sure I'm heading in the righ direction before I devote too much effort! Any advice would be very much appreciated. Tim Mashford. _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
