Hi Michael, I am very glad that MS4W is so useful for your organization. Note that there is a beta released in April, that you should be testing and reporting back on: see archives at http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/ms4w-users/2013-April/002230.html
Thanks for your support. -jeff -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ On 2013-07-11 10:45 AM, Smith, Michael wrote: > I am curious about this myself. In my research, it seems that both > packages are using MapServer versions that are fairly out of date. > > > > MS4W hasn’t been updated in over a year and is at MapServer 6.0.3 > > OSGeo4W reports it is using an even older version 5.0.x. > > > > Meanwhile MapServer itself is at 6.2.1 and counting. > > > > One big difference in the two packages is that OSGeo4W is a bunch of OS > GIS tools including things like GRASS and QGIS, while MS4W is just > MapServer. We use MS4W extensively and find it very easy to install and > configure compared to OSGeo4W. MS4W really is the ‘drop-in’ approach > and we can typically set up a server in about 30 seconds. > > > > =============================== > *Michael Smith MS GISP* > State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS > State of Maine, Office of Information Technology > /michael.smith _at_ maine.gov/ 207-215-5530 > > Board Member, Maine GeoLibrary > Education Chair, Maine GIS Users Group > State Rep, National States Geographic Information Council > > > State House Station 145 > 51 Commerce Drive > Augusta, ME 04333-0145 > 69^o 47' 58.9"W 44^o 21' 54.8"N > > *From:*[email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *John Smith > *Sent:* Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:29 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mapserver-users] alternatives to ms4w? > > > > guys, > > are there any recommendations between ms4w and osgeo4w. i guess it > depends on use case but for typical uses? > > https://encrypted.google.com/?q=ms4w+vs+osgeo4w > > as for my case, i'd like to use the latest release of apache, postgis > and php with mapserver, and so just looking to drop-in ms on windows. > > it seems osgeo4w is heavier than ms4w. why not combine these efforts. > > > > thanks, jzs > > > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Siki Zoltan <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Dear John, > > check osgeo4w at http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ > > Regards, > Zoltan > > > > On Sat, 29 Jun 2013, John Smith wrote: > > guys, > > are there any good alternatives to ms4w at > http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/?page=downloads.html. its last stable base > package is over a year old from may 26, 2012, and there is no timeline > given about its next release. > > thanks, jzs > > > > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
