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Beginning MapServer: Open Source GIS Development (Expert's Voice in Open Source) 1st ed. Edition

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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.

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Bill Kropla has almost 20 years of experience working in information technology, and he has spent the last several years steeped in the wireless industry, developing wireless mapping solutions for tracking shipping vehicles. Bill holds a bachelor's of science degree in physics and a master's degree in electrical engineering and applied mathematics, both from the University of Manitoba, Canada. In addition, he holds an omnibus patent for methods, hardware, and software used in the wireless industry.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Apress; 1st ed. edition (August 17, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1590594908
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1590594902
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.01 x 9.25 inches
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Bette Lamore
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2015
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Everything I expected.
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R. Bowman
4.0 out of 5 stars A bit out of date
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2010
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This is an excellent hardcopy reference to MapServer, As others have noted, it is five years out of date, which can be confusing. For instance, a map document now requires an explicit MAP block containing the entire data and security fixes have broken some of the reference paths. Setting up the server is not covered in depth, and translating the examples to the MS4W world again can be confusing for the neophyte.
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Carloni Cesare
2.0 out of 5 stars Map server
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2010
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The version of the code sofware change very quickly... the book is old, but is full of content.
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Jorge S. Mendes Jesus
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good practical guide for mapserver
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2006
The book is written in a very clear way and goes to the point explaining mapserver thru examples, it should be a reference book for those, that are starting with mapserver, but it lacks a proper cover of raster layers and WCS. Interresting is that the prefered database used, is not PosGIS but MySQL (normally MySQL is pushed aside by PostGIS in spatial databases projects) this was a pleasent surprise, since I normally use MySQL. Conclusion: get the book
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MunKee
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2008
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Best guide I've seen on mapserver. Does a fine job of getting a new user going. Could use more trouble shooting.
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Ragnvald Larsen
4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it - and read up in parallell on the Mapserver mailing list
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2006
Beginning MapServer should not be your only source of information on using MapServer. The book has a lot of usefull examples in it, but I am missing something. My main interest is on how to use MapServer through PHP /MapScript. In particlar I would like to know more on the bindings from PHP/MapScript to the object model in MapServer.

Do not expect the book to cover it all. It tries, but doesen't quite make it.

Still - buy it! You need it for your library, I am sure you do ;-)
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tmtowtdi
2.0 out of 5 stars Well written, but deprecated.
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2010
I've had this book for about a week, and so far my experience has been that not a single example works out of the box with the current version of mapscript.

The worse news, is that most of the documentation on the mapscript website is totally out of date as well.

If revised, then this book would be great, but it isn't just the book.

The are some incongruities between mapscript itself and the API libs in other languages that suggest that the current development environment for mapserver is sufficiently busted, to invite taking a hard look at much more complex map engines.

In a nutshell, I went with mapserver, because it support GDAL, Perl, and appeared to be well documented.

It isn't well documented, the Perl API isn't servicable in the current version, and I haven't tested GDAL yet.

Good Luck
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CCB
3.0 out of 5 stars Problematic if you are working on a Windows platform
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2007
I purchased this book to help with developing a simple map-enabled web page running on a Windows computer. The book proved very difficult to use in that context. If you are planning on working on a windows computer, you should be aware of some potential shortcomings.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I have considerable GIS experience, but little experience with web development.

The book assumes that you are operating not only on a UNIX-based platform, but also that you will operate in a particular "development environment". The author does provide full instructions for building that development environment on a Unix machine, so if you are starting from scratch, everything will work as described.

However....

You can not readily build the same "development environment" on a Windows computer. I installed a version of MS4W ("Mapserver 4 Windows" on my computer. MS4W is a labor saving package that rapidly sets up a web server and installs most of the other open source software one would like to have available for using Mapsource effectively. Unfortunately, the installation differs from the "development environment" assumed by the book.

As a result, there are MANY small but significant differences that crop up in developing the example applications given in the book. Many of these are simply differences in the way files are named or in the structure of the directory tree, but they are annoying and difficult to track down. it took me several DAYS of work and repeated searches for help on on-line MAPSERVER forums to figure things out and get the first several example applications running. I still have not managed to get about half of the examples up and running.

That said, the book offers a nice introduction to many of the central concepts used in Mapserver. It has a good reference section that allows you to look up Mapserver commands, etc.

Ultimately, I was able to develop the simple web-based applications I was after. This book contributed to that, but only after considerable frustration. Several Mapserver tutorials are available on-line. Some are specifically geared to Windows-based systems. They certainly offer a less tortuous, if sometimes less complete, path to getting Mapserver working on a Windows-based system.
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JMAL
2.0 out of 5 stars Demasiado básico
Reviewed in Spain on January 30, 2014
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Normalmente quien busca este tipo de bibliografía suele entender del tema, sin necesariamente saber algo de la propia tecnología, por eso parece ser un manual demasiado básico que se queda muy corto para el desarrollo actual de los servidores de mapas.
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Stefan
5.0 out of 5 stars Very understandable and good book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2013
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very good book..!!! Describes the whole procedure about compiling mapserver from the beginning and does it in detail for Linux users too. Describes all the theoretical functions that happen on the background and how does mapserver creates and renders the images. It also dives into mapscript too.
The only thing I didn't like was that the book is kinda outdated simply cause it was published in 2005 and now some technical things have changed but not the theoretical and technical background.
Very good book for beginners. It's worth it.
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R. L. Hore
4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for MapServer users
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2014
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I have been looking at various 'map server' (GeoServer, MapServer etc) so needed to know more. The book is well written and covers all you need to know but in the end I have plumbed for GeoServer. Nothing to do with the book, GeoServer just seems a lot easier to configure etc.
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