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== Intro ==
MapServer is a web-based mapping platform, power many large enterprise mapping requirements. It runs as a CGI or through its various API hooks in Python, PHP, Ruby and more. A simple configuration file defines how your spatial data will be accessed and rendered. A basic web templating system is also included for easy testing through basic HTML.
Learn more about MapServer at [http://www.mapserver.org mapserver.org]. MapServer is an [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo] project.
== Installing ==
These are the long form notes for getting MapServer running in Amahi. Soon this will become a one-click installer package from the HDA interface.
=== Packages ===
Install MapServer package using the ''yum'' installer, also include the proj library support files (epsg):
yum install mapserver epsg
The process discovers about 12 other packages that fulfill its dependencies. Overall install takes about 16MB of space. Here's a list of the other packages it installs.
cfitsio.i386 0:3.130-3.fc9 fftw2.i386 0:2.1.5-16.fc9
gdal.i386 0:1.5.3-1.fc9 geos.i386 0:2.2.3-1.fc7
grass-libs.i386 0:6.3.0-6.fc9 hdf5.i386 0:1.8.1-1.fc9
libdap.i386 0:3.7.10-2.fc9 libgeotiff.i386 0:1.2.5-2.fc9
librx.i386 0:1.5-10.fc9 netcdf.i386 0:3.6.3-1.fc9
ogdi.i386 0:3.2.0-0.11.beta2.fc9 proj.i386 0:4.5.0-4.fc9
=== Files ===
The ''rpm -ql mapserver'' command will list all the installed files from the MapServer package. The main executable is located at:
/usr/sbin/mapserv
MapServer is a web-based mapping platform, power many large enterprise mapping requirements. It runs as a CGI or through its various API hooks in Python, PHP, Ruby and more. A simple configuration file defines how your spatial data will be accessed and rendered. A basic web templating system is also included for easy testing through basic HTML.
Learn more about MapServer at [http://www.mapserver.org mapserver.org]. MapServer is an [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo] project.
== Installing ==
These are the long form notes for getting MapServer running in Amahi. Soon this will become a one-click installer package from the HDA interface.
=== Packages ===
Install MapServer package using the ''yum'' installer, also include the proj library support files (epsg):
yum install mapserver epsg
The process discovers about 12 other packages that fulfill its dependencies. Overall install takes about 16MB of space. Here's a list of the other packages it installs.
cfitsio.i386 0:3.130-3.fc9 fftw2.i386 0:2.1.5-16.fc9
gdal.i386 0:1.5.3-1.fc9 geos.i386 0:2.2.3-1.fc7
grass-libs.i386 0:6.3.0-6.fc9 hdf5.i386 0:1.8.1-1.fc9
libdap.i386 0:3.7.10-2.fc9 libgeotiff.i386 0:1.2.5-2.fc9
librx.i386 0:1.5-10.fc9 netcdf.i386 0:3.6.3-1.fc9
ogdi.i386 0:3.2.0-0.11.beta2.fc9 proj.i386 0:4.5.0-4.fc9
=== Files ===
The ''rpm -ql mapserver'' command will list all the installed files from the MapServer package. The main executable is located at:
/usr/sbin/mapserv
