On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Simone Cortesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > I remember some discussions from about one year ago about setting up a > VM Ware image including all the software needed for a "mini-OSM", a > server able to do API, storing GPX, storing data in a MySQL server and > as well being able to render them using mapnik, and maybe also a wiki > engine. > > has anyone been working on something like this? > > I think this would be a valuable resource toward having a sandbox for > testing purpose.
I certainly use VMware for testing the rails_port, and in fact have been working on fixing up the installation instructions at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/The_Rails_Port and the Ubuntu-specific installation notes. I've got mixed opinions on having a VMware image available - 95% of the download will just be the Operating System which I'd rather leave to the distribution to worry about! Also, I'm not going to commit to keeping it up to date, so I see more value in having a simple (and accurately documented) repeatable installation instructions that'll work on many distributions/releases. Whilst we're on the topic, I see most of the instructions at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/The_Rails_Port#Platform-specific_instructions are out of date. So here's an offer - if anyone is considering helping with the api06 coding and would like the installation instructions updated for their distribution, let me know. I've done Ubuntu already but I'm happy to do the rest - and spend time blanking the VMs and checking the notes to get them right! Cheers, Andy _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
