[OSGeo-Discuss] How to make a map on a CD [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Andrew Turner]

Bruce Bannerman wrote:
> Perhaps use GeoPDF [1] as the destination format on the CD?
>
Hrm, GeoPDF... that's a fun one :)

For Haiti, I took Chris Schmidt's HaitiBrowser [1] and modified it to 
run locally [2] by "double-clicking" the index.html file and loading 
local tiles. This was required as users didn't even have Admin rights to 
run VMWare or install any applications. It's also cross-browser, 
lightweight and effective.

You can also checkout MapsOnAStick [3]

All of these read from KML or JSON. There are also JavaScript Shapefile 
readers [4].

hope that helps some!

Andrew

[1] http://github.com/crschmidt/haitibrowser
[2] http://github.com/ajturner/haitibrowser
[3] http://github.com/developmentseed/mapsonastick
[4] http://github.com/RandomEtc/shapefile-js

> Bruce
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoPDF
>
>
>
> On 1/07/10 2:53 AM, "Landon Blake" <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
>
>     Leith,
>
>     I believe what you are proposing may not be as simple as it sounds.
>
>     You might be able to create some type of "live CD" that they use
>     to demo Linux distributions, but otherwise your map viewing
>     software needs to be installed on the target computer.
>
>     There are a few good open source desktop GIS programs that can
>     display shapefiles. I'd promote OpenJUMP, but QGis is another
>     program I hear really good things about. MapWindow also runs as a
>     stand alone desktop program, not just a viewer.
>
>
>     *Landon
>     *Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268
>     Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
>
>
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>
>     *From:* discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Leith Bade
>     *Sent:* Monday, June 28, 2010 10:09 PM
>     *To:* discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>     *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] How to make a map on a CD
>
>     Hi,
>
>
>
>     I am new to GIS.
>
>
>
>     I would like to make a vector map that can be burned onto a CD
>     then viewed just by running a program on it which copies the map
>     data and a simple viewer. The dataset is very large (all of New
>     Zealand) so the viewer needs to be effcient, and I have all the
>     data in shapefiles.
>
>
>
>     What would be the best way to do this?
>
>
>
>     I see that MapWindow lets you build a custom viewer application
>     around its map viewer, but it would only work on Windows.
>
>     Another idea I have is to make some sort of portable web server
>     that runs GeoServer or MapServer.
>
>
>
>     Otherwise I could start developing my own custom map viewer that
>     uses OpenGL/Direct3D/Direct2D or something to make the render fast
>     with smooth scrolling etc.
>
>     This would allow me to develop a data format that is faster for
>     rendering than shapefiles.
>
>
>
>     Similar commercial products are
>     http://www.maptoaster.com/maptoaster-topo-nz/topographical.html or
>     http://memory-map.com.au/products/maps/topo-nz-std.html
>
>
>     Thanks,
>     Leith Bade
>     leith at leithalweapon.geek.nz
>
>
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