4.4. Getting Help

During setup and installation of MapServer, there are different ways to get some help. These include commercial support, mailing lists, and an Internet relay chat (IRC) channel.

MapServer web site

• The main web site with documentation is at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu.

• An FAQ is available at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc/mapserver-FAQ.html.

• Bug tracking/reporting can be found at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/index.cgi.

MapServer mailing lists

• Look for MapServer users at http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mapserver-users.html.

• Find older archives at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wilma/mapserver-users.

• Check out a searchable GMANE archive at http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.mapserver.user.

• Find MapServer-dev at http://lists.gis.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev.

MapServer IRC channel

• Look for #mapserver at irc.freenode.net.

Other references

• A map of other users/consultants is at http://moximedia.com/imf-ows/imf.jsp?site=ms_users.

• A support site that includes MapServer category is at http://www.findopensourcesupport.com.

• Check out the Mapping Hacks book (O'Reilly) at http://mappinghacks.com.

Table 4-2 lists commercial options for support or development of MapServer applications.

Table 4-2. Organizations that provide commercial services for MapServer

Organization	Country	Web site
Laboratório de Computação Aplicada - G10	Brazil	http://g10.cttmar.univali.br
WebMapIt	Brazil	http://www.webmapit.com.br
BGC Engineering Inc.	Canada	http://www.bgcengineering.ca
DM Solutions Group	Canada	http://www.dmsolutions.ca
Handyside Web Programming	Canada	http://www.hwps.ca
Refractions Research	Canada	http://refractions.net
T-MAPY	Czech Republic	http://www.tmapserver.com
CCGIS	Germany	http://www.ccgis.de
Geo-Consortium	Germany	http://www.geo-consortium.de
Intevation	Germany	http://www.intevation.de
Orkney, Inc.	Japan	http://www.orkney.co.jp
Camptocamp SA	Switzerland	http://www.camptocamp.com
TYDAC	Switzerland	http://www.mapserver.ch
Geodan	The Netherlands	http://www.geodan.com
Syncera IT Solutions	The Netherlands	http://www.syncera-itsolutions.nl
HostGIS	USA	http://www.hostgis.com
PeopleGIS	USA	http://peoplegis.com
Sean Gillies	USA	http://www.zcologia.com
Steve Lime	USA	[e-mail]
Locative Technologies	USA/UK	http://locative.us