If you are only interested in the client-side, I would suggest looking at GeoExt:
http://www.geoext.org Best regards, Bart > Hello Bart and Hugo, > > > > I'm new with MapFish, I've just installed and done some basic tests. > > > > First of all, I don't understand how it works pylons virtual environment. > Anyway, I'm interested in client side of MapFish to build a Rich web > mappinng application. Now We use OL over an apache server and it's a clear > and tipical structure of files and data. When We need to create a new > component, we extends OL classes creating new js files. Server side > components are created using servlets or php and client comunicates with > them using ajax. > > > > I don't understand how the same can be do it with MapFish. I think there > are a great dependency with python server environment. > > > > Antoni Vidal > > www.icc.cat <http://www.icc.cat/> > > > > > > > > De: Bart van den Eijnden [mailto:[email protected]] > Enviat: jueves, 15 de julio de 2010 15:05 > Per a: Vidal, Antoni > A/c: [email protected] > Tema: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] MapFish vs OpenLayers > > > > Hi, > > > > I think you need to differentiate between MapFish and GeoExt. > > > > GeoExt adds a nice looking GUI to OpenLayers, it's all still javascript. > GeoExt is also used by MapFish. > > > > What is complex in your opinion? > > > > MapFish is more than just a client webmapping package, it's a full > web-mapping solution, so server-side + client-side. > > > > Also read: > > > > http://erilem.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/mapfish-and-geoext/ > > > > Best regards, > > Bart > > > > On Jul 15, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Vidal, Antoni wrote: > > > > > > Hello list, > > > > We use OpenLayers since 4 years and the results are very satisfactory. > Nowadays, We are planning to make a step foreward using MapFIsh. Somebody > has experience with this framework? What's your opinion versus OL? > > > > In my first sight, I think MapFish too complex. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Antoni Vidal > > Unitat d'Aplicacions SIG-WEB > Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya > <http://mercuri.icc.cat/website/mob_nf/mob1/mob2/inici2.htm?CONSULTA=Institut%20Cartogr%25E0fic%20de%20Catalunya&XYADDRESS=429486:4580392> > Parc de Montjuïc, E-08038 Barcelona > Tel. (+34) 93 567 15 00 (ext. 3228) > www.icc.cat <http://www.icc.cat/> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > -- Looking for flexible support on OpenLayers or GeoExt? Please check out http://www.osgis.nl/support.html Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS [email protected] _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
