Question: how will this affect good old CGI mapserv and OGC MapServer (those are the two major installs for my stakeholders)?
..Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Spencer > Sent: Tuesday, 29 November, 2005 09:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MS Foundation web presence question > > > Charlton, > > The MapServer Enterprise download is provided by Autodesk and was > previously known as Tux. MSE comprises two parts: > > * MSE server - this is a long running server process. There is one > *site* server and zero or more support servers. The server stores > configuration files (in XML!!!) and has all the logic to turn > requests into maps etc. > > * MSE WebExtensions - this is the web part of the server and is > designed to be deployed in front of a corporate firewall etc. It > exposes http access to the site server (and support servers) and has > a scripting interface in either PHP, Java or .NET ... > > MapServer Studio is a desktop app that provides a way to configure > the MSE server via the WebExtensions tier. I believe the > plan is for > Autodesk to keep this as a proprietary/commercial product because it > embeds AutoCAD binaries that are not being considered for > open source > release. It is also bound to Windows only. > > MapServer Studio will only work with MSE. > > I believe there is an intention to develop a web-based open source > tool with similar capabilities as Studio (or at least the > capabilities necessary to configure the server with data and style > it), and probably also some command line tools for loading data into > the server and possibly moving MAP files to/from the MSE environment > (they have a different set of features for styling/labeling that > could make this tricky, but it should be possible to have a > rudimentary import/export). > > Cheers > > Paul > > On 29-Nov-05, at 9:07 AM, Charlton Purvis wrote: > > > Hi, folks: > > > > I have been paying attention to the spirited dialog re. yesterday's > > announcement. But I may have missed something along the way, and I > > have > > just taken my first look at the .org site. If the Foundation is > > still in > > its early stages, who has been working to release what I see here? > > http://www.mapserverfoundation.org/mapserver_enterprise/ > > download.html And > > for how long? > > > > I'm still downloading the whopping 125MB demo from here > > http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item? > > siteID=123112&id=6153839. Long > > gone are small installs. That site refers to that d/l as AutodeskR > > MapServer Studio - Preview, and it's terribly confusing how that > > relates to > > what we're calling Cheetah or Enterprise. That is, if it is > > supposed to > > relate at all. > > > > And not to belabor the point, the .org website appears to leave > > little doubt > > that there are 2 separate beasts (Cheetah and Enterprise) that > > already have > > names. > > > > Charlton > > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > |Paul Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > |Applications & Software Development | > |DM Solutions Group Inc http://www.dmsolutions.ca/| > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ >
