[mapguide-users] Advice for a beginner!

[Hidekazu Shimaji]

I can answer only the first question because I am an IIS user.

> 1. Do I install MapGuide Server first?

Usually, yes.  But this is not necesssarily true, because a web server
(including mapguide web server extensions) needs the mapguide (site) server 
only when a connection will be created.

Regards,
Hidekazu

--- John Roberts <johnemyr at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear All
> 
> I am a beginner with MapGuide Open Source and have a query which I am hoping
> you can help with!
> 
> I have my spatial data loaded in a PostGIS database and I want to install
> MapServer, GeoServer, Deegree and MapGuide Open Source on the same windows
> computer which would allow me to compare and contrast the products.
> 
> I thought that I would therefore install the latest version of Apache HTTP
> server and run all of the products from the same Apache HTTP server.
> 
> What I am not sure about is:
> 
> 1. Do I install MapGuide Server first?
> 
> 2. Do I then install MapGuide Server extensions second? Would I choose
> Manual Configuration and link that to an installation of Apache Tomcat?
> 
> 3. I have looked the Apache site, and the Apache Tomcat 6.0 contains its own
> HTTP server internally. Therefore if I have already installed Apache HTTP
> server, I will have 2 HTTP servers installed. Can I link the Tomcat to the
> independent installation of Apache HTTP server or can I use the HTTP server
> bundled with the Tomcat as a HTTP server in its own right?
> 
> 4. Can MapGuide Open Source read data from PostGIS?
> 
> Any help and advice would be very much appreciated!
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> John
> Manchester, UK
> 
> 
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