[OSM-newbies] Fwd: Usage of Open Street Map for disaster prevention / disaster control

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

Hi there,

First of all, please don't send questions to Steve. He just sends all the stuff 
to the mailing lists. So have a look at http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Mailing_lists 
and consider subscribing to talk and HOT.


On Jueves 31 Marzo 2011 18:51:45 Steve Coast escribió:
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: 	<business at visualhome.de>
> To: 	<steve at asklater.com>
> 
> 
>     * Setting up a local Open Street Map server based rather on mySQL
>       than postgreSQL? Or at least setting up a server based on
>       postgreSQL? As a first step I'd like to set up a local server that
>       replicates the data available for Europe.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Postgresql

MySQL is discouraged, as very little rendering software is able to connect to 
MySQL spatial databases. PostGIS is preferred.

>     * Selecting small maps out of Open Street Map for single missions
>       and documentation purposes.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet#Mirrors

>     * Integrating Open Street Map into php/HTML (like displaying a
>       viewer in a DIV-tag or the like).

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers


That should put you on track. Whatever you want to ask, please research it in 
the wiki first!

Best,
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