CartoWeb 3.1.0 review

CartoWeb is a comprehensive and ready-to-use Web-GIS (Geographical Information System) as well as a convenient framework for building

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 11873K Developer: Camptocamp SA

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CartoWeb is a comprehensive and ready-to-use Web-GIS (Geographical Information System) as well as a convenient framework for building advanced and customized applications.

Developed by Camptocamp SA, it is based on the UMN MapServer engine and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Written using innovative language PHP5, CartoWeb is highly modular and customizable thanks to its object-oriented architecture. CartoWeb project runs evenly on Windows or Unix-like platforms and shows its real power when associated to PostgreSQL/PostGIS.

Last but not least, CartoWeb may be set up as a SOAP Web Service enabling to have front-end server on one machine and data and map generation on an other.

What's New in This Release:
Redesigned DHTML map interface as a convenient object-oriented API.
Added JavaScript constraints for polygons: maximum number of points, no crossing.
Added new improved tabs interface.
Added support of styles with shapes and labels in outline plugin.
Added new profile parameter for quick development/production switch.
Added possibility to separate toolbar icons in several groups dispatched wherever in the interface layout.
Improved PDF export plugin:
Support for multiline text blocks ;
Support for external data source (files, databases) for text blocks ;
Debugged overview extent ;
Customizable overview outline colors ;
Overview can use viewer keymap.
Redesigned installation script. Added Windows installation wizard (.exe installer).
Added views plugin.
Added routing plugin.
Added layers reordering plugin.
Added raw-image output switch.
Renamed class Serializable to CwSerializable (for PHP 5.0.4+ compatibility).
Added possibility to create output-format specific tables rules (eg. only for PDF, only for HTML, only for CSV...).
Switched most private plugins methods and members to "protected" in order to facilitate plugin extension.
Added support for dynamic mapfiles (generation using PHP templates) and multiple mapfiles switching.
Added support for dynamic changes on layers tree (aka "layers children switching").
Moved I18n PO files to projects directories.
Optimized export plugins (HTML, CSV, PDF, etc.) that now uses the main CartoWeb page (separated export.php pages are deprecated).