[Antiquist] WMS hosting

[Lawrence Shaw]

Hi all, apologies if this is the wrong place to post this but I am currently looking to host some WMS files externally from work for a archaeological portal with a base map national mapping line data overlaying it. I wondered if anyone has had any good experiences with hosting suppliers or bad ones that I should avoid? Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Lawrence

[Ian Johnson]

We've used BuyVM.com (aka Frantech.ca) for generic Linux VSs for a couple of years. Servers based in Las Vegas and New York, I think. Very cheap (from US$50/year) and we've had no problems. Ian

[Tom Elliott]

Lawrence:

I don’t think I quite understand your use case. Is WMS a hard requirement, or are you looking for a solution (more generically expressed) to host raster basemap tiles for web mapping applications? If the latter, may I suggest mapbox.com? We use them for http://pleiades.stoa.org .

Tom

Tom Elliott, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Digital Programs and Senior Research Scholar
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)
http://isaw.nyu.edu/people/staff/tom-elliott

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[Paul Cripps]

+1 for Tom's suggestion; I looked at mapbox a while back, thought it looked very neat and will be using it for my GSTAR work.