Vishal, Mapserver does a geat job of rendering GIS vectors and imagery data as part of a web-based mapping solution, but it doesn't do any operations related to height/elevation.
If your application will be focused on 3d, you may want to look at 3d-aware open source projects such as VTP (great interactive GUI for 3d) and Grass (powerful analysis). However, if you already have software to do the 3d calculations and are looking for a web-based "presentation" application, then Mapserver (plus a client-side tool like OpenLayers) is a good choice. Brent Fraser GeoAnalytic Inc. Calgary, Alberta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vishal Nagpal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 1:53 AM Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] my own program As part of my familiarization with Mapserver, I started off with working on demo available at mapserver website(workshop). then I also installed Cartoweb3 and tried to build an application. On this mailing list I came across openLayers and realised it was a great tool to add cartography to my page. So I shifted to Openlayers ( Javascript). But now I have to start building my application which involves planning of Wi Max network(Line Of Sight, Coverage etc) using GIS(3D) information. This will require some processing of data at server side. So I just want to finalize my tools before I start building the final application. Regards, vishal
