Mapserver vs Perian
A side-by-side look at Mapserver and Perian. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Mapserver
Development
Mapserver is an open source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web. It enables users to quickly build web mapping applications that leverage data from PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GeoJSON, and other sources.
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Perian
Video & Movies
Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats like AVI, FLV, and MKV to QuickTime Player and other QuickTime-based applications on Mac OS X.
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