[OSGeo-Discuss] easiest setup on Windows

[Jorge Sanz]

They can also try OSGeo Live on their computers to have a full Operating
System with everything included before installing more software on their
computers, and also trying a Linux flavor :-)

http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html

Cheers

On 15 December 2016 at 18:31, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <
bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:

> Puneet,
>
> I’ll second Brent and Jeff on the MS4W/GeoMOOSE approach.
>
> With those two packages installed you end up with a fully functional demo
> which can be used as a reference to set up their local data.
>
> And once you have it working in Windows, you will be in a much better
> position to examine moving things to a LINUX distro down the road if that’s
> still the desire.  Either way, you/they will find it easier to climb the
> learning curve with this approach, regardless of the long term solution
> you/they want to end up at.
>
> bobb
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
> wrote:
>
> Puneet,
>
>  To get them started, have a look at MS4W and Geomoose.  MS4w is a Windows
> friendly install of apache, mapserver, etc.  Geomoose is an easy to
> customize (edit a little XML and a map file) implementation of OpenLayers
> with a great demo web app and integrated with MS4W.
>
> http://ms4w.com/
>
> http://www.geomoose.org/
>
> Best Regards,
> Brent Fraser
>
> On 12/15/2016 9:46 AM, P Kishor wrote:
>
> hello OSGeo,
>
> I am helping some friends migrate their work to a real GIS (from a
> hodgepodge of AutoCad and MS-Excel spreadsheets). Unfortunately, for me,
> they use Windows (the last time I used Windows was 1997). I will try and
> convince them to start using some kind of Linux, at least for their
> geospatial needs, but assuming I can’t, what is the easiest way to get them
> started with web mapping?
>
> Fwiw, I am installing PostGIS for them and outfitting them with QGIS. So,
> the desktop/datastore part is covered. But I don’t have time to build a
> full fledged Leaflet app. Is there something I can install on a Windows
> machine that will read data from PostGIS and serve it on the web, and allow
> some level of customization of the interface?
>
> (Sadly, I don’t even know what version of Windows they are using, but I
> recall it had a lot of bouncy windows so it must be one of the newer
> versions.)
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
>
>
>
> --
> Puneet Kishor
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