Re: [Qgis-user] Deploying Qgis in an organisation.

2015-02-16 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Stefan, On Mon, 16. Feb 2015 at 13:06:12 +, Blumentrath, Stefan wrote: > Would it work to install QGIS/OSGeo4W to a network drive and just copy it > from there to the different Workstations (e.g. to C:\OSGEO4W64 for Windows > workstations)? Will not registry / path settings be scrued? Look

Re: [Qgis-user] Deploying Qgis in an organisation.

2015-02-16 Thread Blumentrath, Stefan
Hi, Very interesting thread! Would it work to install QGIS/OSGeo4W to a network drive and just copy it from there to the different Workstations (e.g. to C:\OSGEO4W64 for Windows workstations)? Will not registry / path settings be scrued? In our institution we distribute QGIS settings using a b

Re: [Qgis-user] Deploying Qgis in an organisation.

2015-02-14 Thread Alex Mandel
There is a slight speed penalty depending on your network to putting shared applications on a network drive. You might want to consider using a deployment tool like Puppet to keep the plugins folder up to date and in sync across machines. -Alex On 02/14/2015 03:20 AM, Bo Victor Thomsen wrote: > H

Re: [Qgis-user] Deploying Qgis in an organisation.

2015-02-14 Thread Bo Victor Thomsen
Hi Mats (Old mapinfo-user ??) Take a look at this article: http://www.qgis.nl/2014/04/22/qgis-in-de-klas-onder-windows/?lang=en. It explains how to use the --configuration qualifier to make a shared environment, where each user has a private directory for plugins and set-up. If you use --conf

[Qgis-user] Deploying Qgis in an organisation.

2015-02-14 Thread Mats Elfström
Hi all! I am looking for hints on how to deploy Qgis as a desktop GIS tool for a limited number of users. My idea is to have a common program repository with plugins, a map and layer catalogue, and some basic settings, but still allow individual users to create their own work environment. In this w