They can also try OSGeo Live on their computers to have a full Operating System with everything included before installing more software on their computers, and also trying a Linux flavor :-)
http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html Cheers On 15 December 2016 at 18:31, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) < bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote: > Puneet, > > I’ll second Brent and Jeff on the MS4W/GeoMOOSE approach. > > With those two packages installed you end up with a fully functional demo > which can be used as a reference to set up their local data. > > And once you have it working in Windows, you will be in a much better > position to examine moving things to a LINUX distro down the road if that’s > still the desire. Either way, you/they will find it easier to climb the > learning curve with this approach, regardless of the long term solution > you/they want to end up at. > > bobb > > > On Dec 15, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Brent Fraser <bfra...@geoanalytic.com> > wrote: > > Puneet, > > To get them started, have a look at MS4W and Geomoose. MS4w is a Windows > friendly install of apache, mapserver, etc. Geomoose is an easy to > customize (edit a little XML and a map file) implementation of OpenLayers > with a great demo web app and integrated with MS4W. > > http://ms4w.com/ > > http://www.geomoose.org/ > > Best Regards, > Brent Fraser > > On 12/15/2016 9:46 AM, P Kishor wrote: > > hello OSGeo, > > I am helping some friends migrate their work to a real GIS (from a > hodgepodge of AutoCad and MS-Excel spreadsheets). Unfortunately, for me, > they use Windows (the last time I used Windows was 1997). I will try and > convince them to start using some kind of Linux, at least for their > geospatial needs, but assuming I can’t, what is the easiest way to get them > started with web mapping? > > Fwiw, I am installing PostGIS for them and outfitting them with QGIS. So, > the desktop/datastore part is covered. But I don’t have time to build a > full fledged Leaflet app. Is there something I can install on a Windows > machine that will read data from PostGIS and serve it on the web, and allow > some level of customization of the interface? > > (Sadly, I don’t even know what version of Windows they are using, but I > recall it had a lot of bouncy windows so it must be one of the newer > versions.) > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > > -- > Puneet Kishor > Just Another Creative Commoner > http://punkish.org/About > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > "He who hesitates is a damned fool."- Mae West > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Jorge Sanz http://www.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz
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