Comments on: How Popular is SharpMap?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:55:53 +0000

We are using sharp map to generate maps on the fly based on our internal data sources + ITN GML data.

It (and our product) is royalty free and all web based. Plus we have to integrate with Esri, MapInfo and other formats. It gives us complete control over out product and means we can extend/improve/fix as required.

For me those features are a big plus. We have plugged it in to OpenLayers using WMS and it is just as good as GoogleMaps.

Our roadmap includes a XAML based feed to Silverlight or desktop components with rendering happening on the client…

By: oakfish

oakfish — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:54:16 +0000

SharpMap, folks… the subject is SharpMap

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:55:37 +0000

Because it is cheaper than starting from scratch?

By: Petz

Petz — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:57:55 +0000

Getting bought up by Google seems to be the wet dream of any niche sector software company these days. Come on ! Why would Google want to buy any legacy GIS package, including ArcGIS, Mapinfo or even Manifold?

By: Lefty

Lefty — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:33:34 +0000

I’m not going to get dragged into a Manfold debate when any of you. SharpMap has ZERO to do with Manifold.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:26:37 +0000

‘Even when its not about Manifoldâ€¦.’

Lefty:

Have you actually read any of the comments here?

By: Lefty

Lefty — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:59:43 +0000

Even when its not about Manifold….

it always is.

By: mfdusr

mfdusr — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:35:11 +0000

Im just waiting for a powerhouse like Google to buy up a buch of smaller GIS vendors and start offering an enterprise desktop GIS for $300 and then see how smart Jack thinks he is

sorry to bring this up, but for $495 Manifold can build an enterprise GIS with native spatial connections to Oracle spatial, DB2, and rumor has it perhaps Katmai when it comes up.

So, this is the sub $500 realm for true entrprise GIS with a real database (i.e. Oracle, SQLServer).

Scarey stuff…

By: Bill P

Bill P — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:30:28 +0000

Guys, I think this has been a no brainer for some time now. For the desktop stuff, choose your poison (ArcGIS, Geomdia, MapIno, Manifold etc). Theres nothing in the open source world to compete. On the web side its quite another story. The open source webmapping tools are not the ‘science projects’ they used to be. I think the big players are safe and secure in the desktop realm, but they are slowly realizing they are losing any grip they had on the web. Autdesk saw the writing on the wall. Take a look at the current MGOS release. You can build very large modern sites with robust functionality that connect to real spatial data databases using your choice of platforms and development environments without writing a sinlge line of code. Of course you may still need to customize it for your needs, but thats certainly no different than any ArcIMS/ArgGIS Server site. The point is, even if they were both free, the open source stuff is better in a lot of cases and is no longer the realm of ‘code geeks living in their parents basement’.
All the large sofware vendors (gis and otherwise) have taken notice. Why else would Oracle have lowered their prices by up to 70% on their database offerings. I think if Oracle can bite the bullet, it might be time for Jack to do the same. Im just waiting for a powerhouse like Google to buy up a buch of smaller GIS vendors and start offering an enterprise desktop GIS for $300 and then see how smart Jack thinks he is.

By: GeoMusings Is SharpMap Viable? «

GeoMusings Is SharpMap Viable? « — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:48:20 +0000

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