Hi mapbender-devs,
Sebastian and me asked for integration of Mapbender to the ms4w-package.
It would not be much effort to realize this.
1. The simple solution would be just to copy the mapbender sources in
the package, create the alias for Apache and let the users do the rest.
2. extended solution would be to setup PostgreSQL/PostGIS and create the
database for Mapbender already.
Jeff McKenna answered to our mail. See below. I would suggest to go for
the solution 1. (simple solution) with Mapbender version 2.4.3.
What do you think about this?
Greetings astrid
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Betreff: Re: [ms4w-users] ms4w - with Mapbender and Mapstorer
Datum: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:34:08 -0400
Von: Jeff McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
An: ms4w-users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Referenzen: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello Astrid and Sebastian!
Yes I had a blast at FOSS4G but we missed your gang there, bigtime.
Comments below:
Astrid Emde (WhereGroup) wrote:
Sebastian and I where thinking about an integration of Mapbender and
Mapstorer in the ms4w package.
We could send the configured code and some demo data and set everything
up, so it can run out of the box.
Excellent! Please do send me (directly) the Mapbender and Mapstorer
packages (in the same format as the other packages, so users just need
to extract at their root).
Here a short summary of our concept:
For Mapbender
/ms4w/apps/mapbender
/ms4w/apps/mapbender/conf/mapbender.conf --> we configure mapbender.conf
so everything will work at once
great
For Mapstorer:
/ms4w/apps/mapstorer
- pear we use ms4w\Apache\php\PEAR
About PEAR: having installed the necessary pear packages for mapstorer
in ms4w on several machines I am very familiar with the pain of that
task, which I would hope would not be required for an ms4w user. Plus I
see on the mapstorer-devel list that there is plans to no longer require
that additional installation. So...how do we handle this for ms4w now?
For both programms we need a database - we would prefer a postgresql
database:
- we could write a batch so the sqls for the databses will be loaded on
klick
- we need a database mapbender and mapstorer
I thought that sql script already exists? Sure if you want to wrap it
around a simple batch file great, just make sure you note that in your
mapstorer/mapbender package instructions for users.
Installation of PostgreSQL
- would it be possible to run the nstallation of postgresql / postgis
with a script? Did you think about this before?
Yes we used to have a PostgreSQL/PostGIS package (as noted at the bottom
of the MS4W downloads page), but when postgres 8.0 came out with a nice
installer for windows it's easier for users to just use that one (and
now postgis has a nice installer too, which is again noted and pointed
to on the ms4w downloads page).
If you want to include a script in your /apps/mapstorer directory that
downloads those installers and runs them then sure, go for it.
- if the databse would be there, we could create our dbs ( mapbender,
mapstorer) and maybe a world database for some demo data
Add new directory for very basic sample data:
- could be: /ms4w/data/world/
world.map (mapbender, mapstorer
could use the map)
/data/ put some shapes /raster data
here
hmm. I see that data package as a separate MS4W package (I would not
want to include it in the default base installer, because of size). So
your package's readmes could say: 1) run this script to install
postgres/postgis, 2) run this script to create necessary databases, 3)
download the "MS4W sample data" package from the MS4W downloads page.
Or, your mapstorer and mapbender packages could both include that sample
data.
Let me know what you prefer.
ALIAS in httpd.d
- two file to add aliases for Mapbender and mapstorer
Add mapbender and Mapstorer link to /ms4w/Apache/htdocs/index.html
sure.
What do you think about the idea? For us the database is the
prerequisite. Without an easy installation of the database, people would
not use the software. But if there would be an easy way to install
postgresql/postgis it would be no problem for us.
I think I answered this above.
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jeff
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