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Mastering Mapserver & Geomoose (5 days)

Our Mastering Mapserver & Geomoose Training teaches developers with PHP and basic JavaScript experience how to design, deploy, enhance, and manage UMN MapServer and GeoMoose in enterprise environments.

Students will learn how to configure both MapServer and GeoMoose, as well as design and deploy custom GeoMoose services using JavaScript, PHP, and PHP/MapScript.

Mastering Mapserver & Geomoose Course Calendar (5 days)


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¹ Includes airfare from anywhere in the continental United States and some parts of Canada as well as accommodation and shuttle services. ² Include course and course materials only. ³ Requires a broadband internet connection and microphone. Note that Virtual LIVE courses are led by an instructor, and as such start and end in local time (based on the course location), this my differ from your time zone. For government and education pricing, please contact us.

Recommended Pre-requisites

Students attending this course should have attended our Introduction to PHP course, or have equivalent experience. Students should also have a intermediate understanding of web mapping concepts, or should have attended our Introduction to GIS with PostGIS & MapServer.

Course Outline/Agenda

This UMN MapServer Training & GeoMoose training course covers the following topics:

Deploying UMN MapServer
Generating & Displaying Basic Map Data
Using WMS and WFS Services
Projections and reprojection of data
Creating MapServer Layers
Creating MapServer classes
Providing WMS and WFS services with MapServer
MapServer fonts & symbols
Layer display settings
Caching WMS Services with Tilecache
Integrating MapServer with GeoMoose
Installing & Configuring GeoMoose
Understanding the Mapbook
Defining GeoMoose projections
Configuring the catalog
Adding GeoMoose Services
Adding Background Layers (Google Maps, Bing, Yahoo!)
Using MapServer CGI Mode
Loading Map files with PHP/MapScript
Understanding & using the MAP object
Basic PHP/MapScript Layer Operations
Adding Features with PHP/MapScript
Interacting with the Web with PHP/MapScript
Performing Queries with PHP/MapScript

Class Size

This class is limited to a maximum of 12 students.

On-Site Delivery

This course is available for on-site delivery for groups of 3 or more students.

OTG offers discounted training for on-site courses of more than 3 students - call us at 877-258-8987 (or submit the form on the upper right side of this page) for more information.