msCross is a AJAX (WEB 2.0) WEB GIS client, initially developed to be
a Javascript interface for
UMN Mapserver.
msCross was developed to allow users dinamically display geographical
information layers on the web.This is a java script gis. It was developed to be cross-browser.
The main objective is to permit users to simply create
Google Maps -style
applications, using only Free Software.
The SourceForge project can be viewed on the web site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mscross
Important:
If you are interested in developing msCross, write to
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The msCross has been tested with the following web browsers:
- Mozilla Firefox >= 1.0.5
- Internet Exploer >= 6.0
- Opera >= 8.51
Features:
- Free Software, distributed under GPL (Open Source)
- Client side
- Cross-browser / cross-platform
- Simple use (only one javascript file, no installation is required)
- Easily customizable and extensible
- Based on AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) technique
- UMN Mapserver CGI interface support
- Point Overlay support
- OGC
WFS client support (Web Feature Service, Open Geospatial Consortium:
pdf)
for point layers
- new OGC WMS client support (Web
Map Service, Open Geospatial Consortium:
pdf)
- new Easy Toolbar customization
- new Debugging mode