Product Description

Beginning MapServer: Open Source GIS Development is the first book of its kind. It offers a comprehensive introduction to MapServer, the development platform for integrating mapping technology into Internet applications. You'll learn how to build and extend dynamic applications using popular languages like PHP, Perl, and Python. After a thorough introduction to installation and configuration, you'll uncover basic MapServer topics and examples. You'll also learn about advanced MapServer features, and how to query and incorporate dynamic data into your application. The book culminates with the creation of an actual mapping application.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #491848 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Customer Reviews

A good beginning, but there is so much more...
This book is a basic starting point to web mapping, but nothing more. MapServer is an application that is best suited to being used with other technologies including (but not limited to) OpenLayers and Web Map Service (WMS), neither of which are covered. This book details the use of MapServer on it's own to produce very basic HTML layouts. The command reference at the back of the book can be useful, and the book does a good job of detailing MapServer 'map' files. If you are completely new to MapServer, or you are searching for a step-by-step guide to creating a simple HTML web page with a dynamic map then this book may provide a useful foundation in one of the core web mapping technologies. Still, in the absence of any stronger texts that detail MapServer together with other open source technologies this book warrants a relatively high rating.