[Mapserver-west] MapLab and Smarty? Some questions......

[Ken-ichi]

I think MapLab is a great tool for exploring all the options in the map 
file, since it arrays them all before you.  However, I've found it to 
be a little buggy on my setup (you'll make changes that don't show up, 
you'll have to select a tool multiple times before it's REALLY 
selected, etc).  It can also be a little slow to work with since it's a 
web app, or at least slower than editing the map file directly.  That's 
an interface issue, of course.  Perhaps it's ripe for an AJAX 
re-implementation, eh you DM folks?

-Ken-ichi

On May 21, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Dean C. Mikkelsen wrote:

>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I have MapServer installed and created a demonstration based on the 
> G-Map Demonstration made by DM Solutions. I modified the code for my 
> dataset and looking at adding DB input next. I also installed PostGIS. 
> A lot of this was done the simple way (maybe a little long and 
> tedious), but I went through the code and made the modifications in 
> NotePad or WordPad to fit my dataset. I rebuilt the MAP file as well.
>
> The install of MS4W does not include MapLab. When I downloaded the 
> MapLab from Maptools.org, it said most of the tools were installed 
> with MapServer. They do not appear present. I wanted to do some edits 
> to the MAP file and was under the impression that MapLab would aid me 
> here.
>
> Is it worth installing? Do you recommend something better? What other 
> tools should we use? On the PHP side, we should be able to incorporate 
> Smarty with PHP/Mapscript? No? What development tools do you guys use?
>
> Cheers,
>  Dean
>
>
>
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