MapServer and OGC Web Services Workshop ======================================= Contact Tom Kralidis Senior Systems Scientist Environment Canada +01-416-739-4907 tom.kralidis@canada.ca INSTALLATION -- UNIX -------------------- * Note that this UNIX support has not been extensively tested. If you find any issues, please email me. 1./ - download this zipfile (latest is always at: https://ms4w.com/download.html) - unzip package into the root of your file structure, i.e.: $ lwp-download https://ms4w.com/release/apps/ms-ogc-workshop.zip /tmp/ms_ogc_workshop.zip $ unzip /tmp/ms_ogc_workshop.zip The above package will unzip into install into the /ms4w directory structure. 2./ Include the file /ms4w/http.d/httpd_ms_ogc_workshop.conf in your Apache configuration: i.e. in your httpd.conf file: include /ms4w/httpd.d/httpd_ms_ogc_workshop.conf You should then be able to open up the project homepage, at: http://127.0.0.1/ms_ogc_workshop/index.html INSTALLATION -- WINDOWS MS4W ---------------------------- 1./ You will require the MapServer for Windows (MS4W) package. The downloads page is at: https://ms4w.com/download.html a./ - download/install the latest ms4w package. The above package will install MapServer software, as well as an instance of the Apache Web Server. At this point, you can run C:\ms4w\Apache\bin\Apache.exe, which will start the web server, and point your web browser to http://127.0.0.1/, and you will see the ms4w homepage with some links. b./ - download the MapServer OGC Web Services Workshop this zip file form https://ms4w.com/download.html - Extract the packages below to the root of the drive where your MS4W is installed on (e.g. C:\ ) - make sure "Use Folder Names" is checked c./ - Start the Apache web server by double clicking \ms4w\Apache\bin\Apache.exe - Open your web browser (such as Mozilla/Firefox, Opera or Microsort Internet Explorer) You should then be able to open up the project homepage, at: http://127.0.0.1/ms_ogc_workshop/index.html 2./ OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES If you wish, you can download and print the OGC WMS Cookbook from: http://www.opengeospatial.org/docs/2003/20031113_wmscookbook.pdf 3./ If you wish, you can download and print the CGDI Best Practices Guide from: http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Technical_Manual/Technical_Manual_1.1_e.pdf (EN) http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Technical_Manual/Technical_Manual_1.1_f.pdf (FR) or the Developers' Guide to the CGDI: http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Technical_Manual/html_e/cgdiindex.html (EN) http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Technical_Manual/html_f/cgdiindex.html or CGDI online training: http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/training_manual/e/ (EN) http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/training_manual/f/index.htm (FR) If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me. INSTALLATION -- WINDOWS OSGEO4W ------------------------------- 1./ Starting from version 1.0.9, the workshop is available through the osgeo4w installer (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo4W) Steps are: - download/install the http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/osgeo4w-setup.exe - select the the OGC Workshop when installing (It is part of the Web_Applications category) WORKSHOP CONTENT ================ NOTES: - This package is designed for an ms4w based install, which uses the Apache Web Server (http://httpd.apache.org/). MapServer with Microsoft IIS support is NOT be supported in this package. You can configure ms4w with IIS support on your own if you wish, however. OUTLINE ------- - workshop will be combination of instruction, hands-on training and discussion - workshop is not bound to outline below, i.e. if there are specific issues of importance throughout the workshop, they will be addressed - Introduction - Web Services - Interoperability - Applying OGC services using MapServer - WMS Server (Cascading) - WMS Client - WFS Server (Cascading) - WFS Client - SLD (Style layer descriptors and how to optimize their use) - Web Map Context Documents - Filter Encoding - WCS - Future steps - open discussion / forum If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me.