[TinyOWS-users] [Important] Merging TinyOWS project with MapServer one

[Carlos Ruiz]

Olivier,


> And i think that MapServer umbrella, could help to be more visible
> and so to help on theses two items (patches and funding)

Those are some of the benefits I was talking about.


> And on an another hand, i really think that there's something like a competition
> between JAVA based solutions and C/C++ ones.
> So this new 'suite' could be a way to have something closer than
> GeoServer or Deegree full features spectrum.

Yes, you're right. I have had several discussions here in some forums in México about GeoServer against Mapserver. The 
same thing with gvSIG/Kosmo against QuantumGIS. I develop in Java too, but I prefer the C/C++ solutions.

> For TinyOWS project, i think the more important risk is to loose
> some of you guys, with the newsletter change.
> I definitly hope it will not happens !

It will not happen =) 

By the way, I participate also in the Mapserver's list as much as I can, more often with the Mapserver/PostGIS matters.

> In fact i don't think it's still true anymore (if ever), they are
> really interrested in online
> edition features throught TinyOWS, and could be interrested too by geoprocessing
> throught other tool in a future...

Well, this is a surprise. I'm glad to hear that they are interested in the online interaction with the data sources. Personally 
I am interested in the develop of an online geoprocessing tool. Also in introducing WFS for feeding data warehouses.



IC Carlos Ruiz



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From: Olivier Courtin <olivier.courtin at gmail.com>
To: TinyOWS users discuss list <tinyows-users at lists.maptools.org>
Sent: Monday, August 8, 2011 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TinyOWS-users] [Important] Merging TinyOWS project with MapServer one

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Carlos Ruiz <boolean10001 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Carlos,

> Well, I think that being under the Mapserver's umbrella could pull TinyOWS
> to be just another little thing of something big, while
> the project can run for its own and achieve other goals that not necessarily
> are the same of the Mapserver's ones.

It's a risk indeed,

The situation right now is that TinyOWS community already have
some *really* power users helping on all the tests and beta phases.
and i want to thanks you all for that brilliant stuff ! :D

But the project is still missing others devs contributions as patches,
and also commercials fundings to strongly enhance again features.

And i think that MapServer umbrella, could help to be more visible
and so to help on theses two items (patches and funding)

And on an another hand, i really think that there's something like a competition
between JAVA based solutions and C/C++ ones.
So this new 'suite' could be a way to have something closer than
GeoServer or Deegree full features spectrum.

For TinyOWS project, i think the more important risk is too loose,
some of you guys, with the newsletter change.
I definitly hope it will not happens !

> Mapserver is focused on the web map publishing, so it wont be interested in
> another things that involve the online edition nor the online geoprocessing.

If fact i don't think it's still true anymore (if ever), they are
really interrested in online
edition features throught TinyOWS, and could be interrested too by geoprocessing
throught other tool in a future...


-- 
Olivier
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