I'd start with OpenLayers and some of it's demos. That way you can get a feeling for what's necessary to do any implementation. They cover a huge number of use cases. If what you're doing is relatively straight forward then OL may be all you need. If things look more complex and you feel the need for more sophisticated UI widgets then one of the geo-centric frameworks will be worth a look. GeoExt and MapFish are probably the most polished at this point.
Steve ________________________________________ From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Fia [sofia.bryn...@et.slu.se] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 7:45 AM To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [mapserver-users] Technology to combine with MapServer? Hi! I run a MapServer application that reads data from a PostgreSQL database (with PostGIS) and plots them on a map. Now I want to make objects clickable, so I can for example click on a flag to get a popup with short info, together with a link. (Or the same popup by hovering over a flag with the cursor, either works.) What technology should I use? I have started using OpenLayers and I've managed to put up a WFS service through MapServer, but I don't know how to connect the two. Or should I even use some other, better technology? I've heard people talking about GeoExt, ExtJs, Mapfish, Geoserver and more, but I'm a a novice here and don't know what to choose. Programming PHP workarounds is also an option. But I need some guidance in this, I have no idea which solution is best (fast to accomplish/robust for large databases/performance wise etc)to choose an object from a map and present more information about it. Best regards, Sofia -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Technology-to-combine-with-MapServer-tp5195104p5195104.html Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
