On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 12:34 +1000, [email protected] wrote: > Hello osgeo people, > > I am a member of a professional institution that is considering setting up > a web feature service that publishes point locations, of members and > offices, in a global context. > > The idea being to, instead of producing a map directly, to instead just > publish the WFS, which makes the information available for mash-ups. > > The published data is likely to have a very small volume and only > be updated a few times per annum. > > How do you go about setting up a WFS? > > Regards, > nick
Without knowing more about your environment, either apache with mapserver cgi or geoserver/tomcat. Given what appears to be rather lightweight requirements (at least data wise) I'd recommend the mapserver route (easier that setting up a full java stack imho, but others may differ on that score and perhaps you already have such a setup available). Few questions: Do you already have a web server earmarked for it, and if so, what sort of server (IIS, apache...) How is your data stored (and how would you prefer it stored)? Shapefile (quite possibly a fair choice for a small infrequently updated data set), PostGIS, ... FWIW, I'd also consider a basic WMS with the WFS if only to provide a representation of what's in the WFS for those trying to get their heads around what WFS means. HTH, Tim Bowden -- Mapforge Geospatial Open Source Spatial Consulting http://www.mapforge.com.au _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
