You are here: start » dev » gis_umn_mapserver

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revision Previous revision
Next revision 		Previous revision
dev:gis_umn_mapserver [2007/07/11 11:18]
fran Hyperlink 		dev:gis_umn_mapserver [2009/07/06 20:36] (current)
Line 1: Line 1:
 ====== Map Server How To ====== ====== Map Server How To ======
 +
  
  
Line 7: Line 8:
  
  
-Sahana GIS framework's architecture supports plugging in a map server to enable WMS and WFS capabilities. Map server will provide those services to GIS clients which request maps using the data stored within a spatial database.+Sahana's [[gis_infra|GIS framework]] supports plugging in a map server to enable WMS and WFS capabilities. Map server will provide those services to GIS clients which request maps using the data stored within a spatial database.
  
 [[http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu|UMN MapServer]] is preferred because of it's support for different data formats, thus allowing their data to be accessible by a wide spectrum of clients. [[http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu|UMN MapServer]] is preferred because of it's support for different data formats, thus allowing their data to be accessible by a wide spectrum of clients.
Line 27: Line 28:
  
  
-==== Map server for Windows ==== 
  
 +==== Map server for Windows ====
  
-The easiest way to use map server on the windows platform is to use Map Server For Windows (MS4W) package from the www.maptools.org web site free of charge. 
- 
-All you have to do is to extract the .zip file to a driver root (ex: c:\) and you are ready to go! 
- 
-All the essential libraries and apache web server is bundled in to the MS4W. 
-Run the apache web server by executing the apache.exe reside inside the MS4W directory structure. 
  
 +The easiest way to use MapServer on the Windows platform is to use the free MS4W (MapServer For Windows) package from the [[http://www.maptools.org|www.maptools.org]] web site.
  
 +All you have to do is to extract the .zip file to a drive root (e.g. c:\) and you are ready to go!
  
 +All the essential libraries and apache web server is bundled in to the MS4W package.
 +Run the apache web server by executing the apache.exe found inside the MS4W directory structure.
  
 ====Installing UMN Map Server in Linux ==== ====Installing UMN Map Server in Linux ====
Line 71: Line 70:
  
  
-===== How to make sure whether map server is set up correctly ===== 
  
  
-type on your browser +===== How to check whether MapServer is set up correctly ===== 
 + 
 + 
 +Type in your browser:
 http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv
  
-this will give you the following out put.+This will give you the following output:
  
 No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING is set, but empty. No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING is set, but empty.
Line 87: Line 88:
  
  
-References : http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/+References : http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu
 http://www.maptools.org http://www.maptools.org

Trace:

Navigation
QR Code
QR Code dev:gis_umn_mapserver (generated for current page)