UMN MapServer alternatives

Question

I am new to GIS application world. I would like to ask what are the other alternatives to UMN MapServer in the market preferably open source?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

1

Geoserver probably is the most known option among the open-source feature server applications. However, I personally use MapServer.

Here you can check some info about both applications:

To answer your second question (about commercial GIS apps), the "Mercedes Benz" of the GIS applications is ArcGis (based on some lists such as http://www.gisdoctor.com/site/gis-help/commercial-gis-software/).

However, I think you can achieve lot of GIS capabilities with two open-source software projects, these are:

Wikipedia is a good source to search for more open-source and commercial applications: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software

Hope this helps,

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

Community

answered Oct 28 '13 at 11:59

Gery

Thank you so much for the detailed answer. it helped me a lot – basheer Oct 28 '13 at 13:00
@Grey I would like aslo to ask if you know some commercial GIS application similar to GeoServer and MapServer ?? – basheer Oct 28 '13 at 14:23
@basheer you're welcome, please refer to my above answer about your 2nd question. – Gery Oct 28 '13 at 18:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '13 at 12:49

0

MapGuide opensource is, like MapServer, a cartographic engine server-side.

answered Oct 28 '13 at 12:49

Laurent Jégou

2 Answers2