Mapserver Vs ArcIMS[转自MapServer的Wiki站点]

很有意思的东西，值得看看。

ArcIMS的评价：

   "Advantages of ArcIMS?
   * distribute applications over multiple machines
   * Native integration with the Geography Network. 
     MapServer can be made to work within the geography network.
   * Includes software to handle routine tasks like making the map  
     services (map files), designing web sites, etc.
   * Supports more data formats - especially raster
   * Better support for storing spatial data in RDBMS through SDE
   * You don't have to try to sell a relatively unknown product  
     (MapServer) and philosophy (Open Source)

   "Disadvantages of ArcIMS?
   * speed (even running mapserv as regular cgi it is much faster)
   * resource hog
   * limited OS (no Linux)
   * less stable. My ArcIMS? experience is on NT so that may be more
     a reflection of the OS than ArcIMS?.
   * poorer support
   * source code unavailable
   * cost"

速度方面：Most everybody said that Mapserver is faster* although theoretically this should not be the case since Mapserver is a CGI while ArcIMS? is a Java app. (*nobody claimed ArcIMS? is faster, just not everybody made a speed comparison)

文档和安装，认为MapServer其实好一些。

原文：http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MapserverVsArcIMS