[MapServer-users] "Emergency" map server on Raspberry Pi - raster/PNG source in folder structure

Stefan Gofferje lists at home.gofferje.net
Wed Oct 12 10:59:16 PDT 2022


Hi,

On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 20:11:37 EEST Scott wrote:
> This is an ideal scenario for serverless.
> 
> Put your vector data in FlatGeoBuf (.fgb) format and your highest res
> tiles as a COG tif. You can have those files on a local device or in the
> cloud.
> 
> Use leaflet with flatgeobuf, georaster-layer-for-leaflet and some modest
> javascript.
> 
> You're making this waaaay too difficult.

No.
- Distributing about 75GB of raster data to different devices, keeping it 
current, etc., is a nightmare.
- Over half of the devices using the map data are mobile devices which neither 
have the necessary storage capacity, nor the flexibility to freely install 
stuff.
- Leaflet is all well and good but there are applications already in use. 
Developing a leaflet-based application to replace all currently used 
geospatial applications is not an option.
- Cloud is not an option because the primary purpose of the solution is to be 
public-infrastructure-independent and for emergency/off-grid use.

The requirement is a local WMS/WFS server and mapserver is the minimum and 
apparently the easiest solution for that.

-Stefan

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