Overview
This open source map server publishes geodata according to OGC's WMS 1.1.1 specification.
Currently, the server supports the WMS requests
GetMap, GetCapabilities and GetFeatureInfo.
The solution is based on open source tools, i.e.
Apache web server, PHP with libraries, MySQL database together with phpMyAdmin and Ajax, XML.
The server dynamically generates vector map files in SVG, SVGT, SWF and PDF formats
and raster map files in PNG, JPEG, GIF and WBMP formats from spatial data in a database
depending on the request parameters given by the client.
The application is developed in PHP scripting language and are designed for use with a MySQL database.
The files can be viewed through any browser (recommended the Internet
Explorer web browser) with the SVG Viewer which can be downloaded free from Adobe's web site
http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/main.html.
SUAS MapServer is distributed under the Lesser General Public License. This can be read at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html. Before continuing, you must first agree to this license.
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