[mapguide-internals] MapGuide for LiveDVD

[Jason Birch]

I wonder if the MapGuide 101 post that Dave Wilson recently made to
the -users list would be a good starting point.  It was a great post;
definitely worth wikifying.

On 2010-06-26, Trevor Wekel <trevor_wekel at otxsystems.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
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> The next alpha build of the OSGeo Live DVD for FOSS4G 2010 should contain a
> relatively complete MapGuide installation.  It is based on our Beta
> binaries.  Here what we have so far:
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> * Desktop icons have been added for "MapGuide Start", "MapGuide Stop", and
> "MapGuide Maestro"
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> * The Sheboygan sample data set and application has been installed.
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> * A set of test steps have been added to the Live GIS Disc Testing page
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Testing#MapGuide_Open_Source.  They
> could form the basis of the "Quick Start" (see below)
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> * The Project Definition document and Application Overview document have
> been written.  I pulled the material from our main project website.  Here's
> a link to a PDF export of the Application Overview
> http://download.osgeo.org/mapguide/releases/2.2.0/Beta/livedvd/mapguide_overview.pdf.
>  It may be used for marketing purposes.
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> We still have a little more work to do before we are 100% ready for FOSS4G
> 2010.  We still need to create an Application Quick Start and Lightning
> Presentation Slide.  The Quick Start will be used with the Live DVD so it
> should be based on the Sheboygan data set and app.  Information on the
> remaining deliverables is available at
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Artefacts#Application_Quick_Start.
> Anybody interested?
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> Regards,
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> Trevor
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