[Geoserver-users] MapServer Vs GeoServer

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Can anyone tell the strong points of using either MapServer or GeoServer

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Gary L. Watry
GIS Coordinator
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
FSU / COAPS
Johnson Building, RM 231
2035 East Paul Dirac Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2840

Phone (850) 645-7457

E-Mail: watry@anonymised.com

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IMHO in general Mapserver is better at WMS, Geoserver is better at WFS. Although I must admit I haven't checked Geoserver's WMS capabilities in a while.

One big difference is that Geoserver supports WFS-T, i.e. transactional WFS, and Mapserver does not.

Mapserver is not very efficient against database sources for WFS (uses 1 SQL statement per feature retrieved), Geoserver does much better in that area. This is especially true for attribute queries in WFS.

And ofcourse there is the technology difference, CGI versus J2EE, which could influence a decision. Sometimes I meet organizations who don't want CGI's, but ofcourse have no problem with J2EE.

Best regards,
Bart

Gary Watry schreef:

Can anyone tell the strong points of using either MapServer or GeoServer

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Bart van den Eijnden
OSGIS, Open Source GIS
bartvde@anonymised.com
http://www.osgis.nl