One option that the company I work for is looking into, with some success, is to have Mapserver do a WMS call to a custom CGI which will retrieve map data from a commercial map vendor with their API. Vendors we have looked at include: deCarta, Microsoft MapPoint, Yahoo Maps and MapQuest.
Our needs are US, Europe and Australia road mapping and since we were unable to find a direct WMS source we began investigating this option. At present we are testing MS MapPoint. There are some projection issues but the maps look pretty good in our development environment. Other options, depending on your needs, might be to move to an AJAX based solution using one of the above vendor's AJAX map controls and have your Mapserver provide the data overlay to the client browser. -Steve Wormley On 2006-08-15 6:40, "Paul Maine(ATS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All > > I have a commercial mapping application that I would like to use Mapserver > as the map engine. Is their a commercial map data provider that provides web > services that are compatible with Mapserver? > > Thank You, > Paul
