Jeff, Gmapfactory applications rely on mapserver, php mapscript and php being available, so you would need these for deployment. For linux, the fgs installer can set up a server with all necessary dependencies (see http://www.maptools.org/fgs/). On windows, you can use the ms4w installer, but it's not really designed for deploying applications, only for development (see http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/).
Regardless of how you choose to deploy your application, extending gmapfactory projects is not an easy thing to do. If you require capabilities beyond the built-in functions, you are better off using a toolkit like chameleon (http://chameleon.maptools.org/) or mapbuilder (http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/). zak On 10/17/05, Jeff A. Briere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are new to Mapserver, however we have been successful at > developing a MapLab application using the MS4W installation on a > stand alone computer. > > We are wondering if there are any Geocoding capabilities within > MapServer? Any source code or examples would be appreciated. > > Also, now that we have completed development using the basic > tools provided within Maplab, we are wondering if we could enhance > this application further outside of MapLab - has anyone had any > success on this - any advice on how to proceed would be great. > > Finally, from a deployment perspective (this may be a dumb > question), I am not sure were to begin. Do MapLab applications > rely on an underlying Mapserver or are they driven entirely by PHP? > The real question here is how do I take an application developed on > a stand alone and get it working on my webpage when I'm not sure > about all of the software dependancies? Again any advice would > be great? > > Thanks, > > Jeff > -- Zak James Applications and Software Development DM Solutions Group Inc. http://www.dmsolutions.ca
