[OSM-talk] Linux install guide

Etienne treasurer at openstreetmap.org
Sun Feb 17 16:48:21 GMT 2008


On Feb 17, 2008 1:27 PM, Thomas Wood <grand.edgemaster at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 17, 2008 11:52 AM, Etienne <treasurer at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> > An OSMF donor has offered a reasonable donation/payment if someone were
> to
> > make "a simple guide on how to install and display maps on your
> unix-based
> > server".
> >
> > They want something that "even the most basic linux users can figure it
> > out".
> >
> > The requirements are not totally clear at the moment but if anyone is
> > interested in doing this please contact me.
> >
> > Etienne
> >
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>
> "to install and display maps" is a very broad term. Display maps how?
> What level of customisation is required?
>

I don't know the answers to those questions, which is why I'm looking for
someone who can talk directly to the donor and establish exactly what the
need and what the success criteria would be.

Is anyone interested?

Etienne




> For just rendering, the mapnik wiki page seems comprehensive. -
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik
> For the data storage and apis, the rails port is also (fairly) well
> documented on it's respective page.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/The_Rails_Port
>
> With no knowledge of rails/ruby I was able to easily get the rails
> port running (under OpenBSD, of all things). I'm planning to take a
> look at mapnik sometime, since I want to do some custom renderings.
>
> I've tweaked Erik's wiki page a bit for wiki syntax, clarity and to
> point to the OL simple example, rather than saying "copy code from the
> osm frontpage".
>
> --
> Regards,
> Thomas Wood
> (Edgemaster)
>
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