mapserver, gis questions

[Jacolin Yves]

Hi,
About webhosting, you need, at least, mapserver installed which is not the 
default behaviour but some of them installed it or use your own server.

To begin to use mapserver, you have to install mapserver and all soft needed. 
In winXP you can use WAMP, ms4w or other package which install all software 
needed. Read their documentation about how install them.

About documentation, you need to know :
* how create mapfile and template :
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/imagemaps

* How to use vector file in the mapfile :
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/vector_data

* The reference for all mapfile parameter :
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile

* Some other interesting link :
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/cgi

Maybe you can find on the net an "how-to" to create an application in CGI mode 
in english.

Y.
PS : take care to send mail to the list, some people can add some comments to 
my reply or correct me ;-)
Le Lundi 14 Août 2006 12:36, vous avez écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I have apache, mysql install in my localhost. Do i need to run all this
> things in web hositng? Do i need to upload. I hope to run all the things in
> localhost as my testing.
> I had already download 'FWTools105.exe', windows package, i'm using
> winxp(sp2).
>
> So, what is my second step? When i go to mapserver-documenation page. I
> also which is best for newbie? I don't know which should i click.
>
> Thanks your help
>
> On 8/14/06, Jacolin Yves <yjacolin at free.fr> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > MapServer needs gdal-ogr to manage several files format, proj4 for
> > projection,
> > an other mandatory tools: GEOS, postgis, mysql, ...
> > It needs a web server (eg Apache) as well ;-).
> >
> > You have two ways to use it. The first one is the cgi mode. The other
> > one, as
> > you noted it, is mapscript. MapScript allow you to use the power of
> > MapServer
> > with some script langage as PHP, java, C, Ruby, Python, ...
> >
> > Mapserver can use a lot of file format to manage spatial data :
> > shapefile, PostGIS, MySQL (although the spatial support in MySQL is not
> > as much powerful
> > as PostGIS), and a lot of other one, here a liste for raster format
> > http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/formats_list.html and for vector format
> > http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/ogr/ogr_formats.html.
> >
> > You can use mapserver with some framework, wrote in PHP/mapscript, to
> > avoid to
> > write again all the interface : MapBender, MapLab, Cartoweb, ... which
> > allow
> > user to edit (create, modify, ...) features.
> >
> > About hardware, I am using 1Go of ram, and 32b installation on a 64b
> > system,
> > P4 3 GHz- 64b. My distribution is a mandriva 2006. And it works fine.
> >
> > Y.
> >
> > Le Lundi 14 Août 2006 10:59, smithveg a écrit:
> > > Dear,
> > >
> > > I'm new to GIS (geographical information systems). I have to some
> >
> > research
> >
> > > on it. I found that the mapserver is the nicer one.
> > > I'm happy to use, but i'm not understand how to start it.
> > >
> > > Let me explain to you what i want to do:
> > > I want to have a GIS support system, that could show the malaysia map.
> >
> > Then
> >
> > > it will allows the admin to add/edit the new location/information into
> >
> > the
> >
> > > map. I understand the PostgreSQL is the most suitable to support GIS.
> >
> > But
> >
> > > he database i gonna use is mysql because my hosting site never suppot
> > > PostgreSQL. Is that possible to run in MySQL.
> > >
> > > I have actually download the 'mapserver-4.8.4.tar' that's c++. I
> > > noticed the main feature of mapserver could support php?
> > >
> > > Before i start, can anyone answer me some question:
> > > - what the programming language use in mapserver?
> > > - what should i need if i'm using mapserver (any software or hardware)?
> > >
> > > Your reply would be appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Yves Jacolin
> > http://yjacolin.gloobe.org
> > ----
> > Stagiaire Conservatoire Régional des Espaces Naturels de la région Centre
> > http://cahiersnaturalistes.free.fr/cpnrc/
> > ----
> > - Qu'est-ce que cela peut faire que je lutte pour la mauvaise cause
> > puisque je suis de bonne foi?
> > - Et qu'est-ce que ça peut faire que je sois de mauvaise foi
> > puisque c'est pour la bonne cause. (Jacques Prévert)

-- 
Yves Jacolin
http://yjacolin.gloobe.org
----
Stagiaire Conservatoire Régional des Espaces Naturels de la région Centre
http://cahiersnaturalistes.free.fr/cpnrc/
----
- Qu'est-ce que cela peut faire que je lutte pour la mauvaise cause 
puisque je suis de bonne foi?
- Et qu'est-ce que ça peut faire que je sois de mauvaise foi
puisque c'est pour la bonne cause. (Jacques Prévert)