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Figure 10. DB queries in both systems (top: web application) 
4. CONCLUSIONS 
different groups of alfanumeric data (database and 
DBF files) 
• Introducing the use of the raster format, which is not 
available at the moment. 
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Web references 
http://mapserv.gis.umn.org 
http : //www.pli p. net 
http://www.debian.org 
http : //www. apac he. org 
Acknowledgements 
The research has been financed by Italian Ministry of 
Education, University and Research (MIUR) project PRIN2002 
(Nat. Resp. Prof C. Monti), and co-financed by Marcovaldo 
cultural association. 
We would like to thank also the MapServer users group. 
The publication process on the Internet has shown the chance of 
transforming a complex stand-alone GIS in a shared 
application: we have illustrated the benefits of an operation of 
this kind. 
It’s important to underline how the use of different Open 
Source applications made it possible to get a completely 
personalized tool, without spending money on software 
royalties. 
Future perspectives 
The project is still in progress and maybe the screenshots you 
see in this paper may change; next steps will be: 
• improving user interface 
• developing advanced query tools for selecting objects 
by location and to manage problems of location 
likelihood; • 
• developing a tool for web administration of 
MapServer configuration mapfiles 
• creating a synchronized system for updating the 
databases, Access and MySQL as well. 
• Improving multimedia aspects for the turistic 
promotion 
• Using MySQL support as soon as it becomes stable 
using it with MapServer in order to avoid having two