> > But my doubt is can we do everything using only OpenLayers(and geoserver if > needed) with out using any desktop GIS??? If yes can you please guide me how > to do. Assume I am already having Excel sheet and initial basic maps on > server. What you cant do with geoserver or openlayers is read data from an excel spreadsheet. You somehow must get data out of excel and into a GIS format that either openlayers or geoserver can read. Trying to do this without geoserver would probably mean converting to GML/KML. You shouldnt need a desktop GIS to write point data into GML format - could do it with VBA inside excel. However, if you have more than say 500 points, then you are going to need proper GIS formats with their spatial indexing for performance purposes.
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