[HOT] HOT stick (Portable Apps) for Training/Workshops

[Joseph Reeves]

Hi all,

It doesn't contain everything on the list, but Portable GIS includes QGIS:

http://www.archaeogeek.com/portable-gis.html

Back to portable-apps, I've looked at it briefly and see that it includes
java - so running the josm-latest.jar would presumably be no problem.

Cheers, Joseph






On 27 September 2013 09:47, Theodin <Theodin at posteo.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Being a long-time member and developer at portableapps.com, I had to
> smile when the term popped up here on the HOT mailing list.
>
> Of the apps listed below by maning sambale, all are already there and
> widely used except for QGIS, JOSM and GPSBabel. I have been wanting to try
> to get JOSM portable for my own use so I will see that I find some time
> over the weekend. The others shouldnt be a problem as they are all open
> source and thus redistributable if Firefox is used as the internet browser
> and Sumatra pdf as the pdf reader.
>
> The easiest thing for updates would be to get all the apps into the
> portableapps lineup as official apps but I cant guarantee for that.
>
> Besides that, I think its worth trying the Live system idea other have put
> forward as it allows for a more controlled environment. the downside is
> that it might not be usable everywhere.
>
> Thats all for now - Simeon
>
> Am 26.09.2013 04:47 schrieb maning sambale:
>
>  Dear HOTties,
>>
>> Has anyone tried building a USB Stick that runs all the needed
>> applications for an OSM Training?
>>
>> For a series of training we will conduct, we are anticipating a lot of
>> different configurations and MS Windows versions.  They may use a
>> computer lab or their own laptops.
>>
>> Instead of just giving the participants copies of the software
>> installers, we are thinking of building a PortableApp [0] stick
>> containing all the needed apps and resources.
>>
>> Anyone tried this approach?  How is it effective?
>>
>> A few things we want in the stick are:
>> * JOSM including all the necessary plugins (FieldPapers, Notes,
>> DirectUpload, GPXEdit, Building tools, Presets, GeoChat, Measurement,
>> Mirrored downloads, Reverter, Terracer)
>> * GPSBabel
>> * QGIS
>> * PDF reader
>> * Firefox or Chrome
>> * 7-Zip
>> * ClamWin
>> * Notepad++
>> * Learning materials (either offline or pdf version of learnOSM)
>> * Installers - installers of the above software
>>
>>
>> [0] http://portableapps.com/apps
>>
>
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