Hello All,
I am wondering if any of you have experience with both MapServer and ArcGIS
server. How does MapServer compare with ArcGIS server? Besides the fact that
MapServer is more customizable and more extensible and less expensive, what
other advantages do MapServer have against ArcGIS
Ya,
MapServer is cgi (or fastcgi). So it doesn't hold data in memory like
ArcGIS Server does. Also, each MapServer session (since its cgi) is
independent of each other so there is no service to go down. As long as
Apache is running, so is MapServer.
I find that MapServer scales much better for
Message-
From: Smith, Michael ERDC-RDE-CRREL-NH [mailto:michael.sm...@erdc.dren.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 5:26 PM
To: Wang, Ya; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer vs ArcGIS server
Ya,
MapServer is cgi (or fastcgi). So it doesn't hold data in memory
On Jul 4, 2012, at 6:03 AM, Wang, Ya wrote:
Mike:
Thank you very much for the sharing. It is really great information. I have
another question now. How does MapServer compare with ArcGIS server in terms
of providing API or service layers to support the enthusiasm of the online
Hello Ya
I agree on everything Mike said. On the API question I must say that
ESRI (finally) has done a great job. All kind of APIs are available free
of charge and make it really easy to develop apps, see:
http://resources.arcgis.com/content/arcgisserver/web-apis
Here an app we created
