Updated SEA-RLC PrimaGIS Guidelines (13 Feb 2007)
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NEW PrimaGIS guidelines from SEA-RLC
1. Plone PrimaGIS Installation Guidelines for Linux using the PrimaGIS Buildout method This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing the webGIS software called PrimaGIS on Linux, using the the 'PrimaGIS Buildout' method by Kai Lautaportti1. The aim is to build on existing guidelines by Lautaportti, by providing screenshots and more details for installing PrimaGIS on various Linux operating systems, so as to help users who are not that familiar with PrimaGIS or Plone to get started with the software.
Download document (1.1 MB): PDF
2. Installing Plone PrimaGIS on Linux using the SEA-RLC PrimaGIS Toolkit (based on PrimaGIS Buildout method)
This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Plone PrimaGIS on Linux, using the SEA-RLC PrimaGIS Toolkit. The Toolkit is based on the 'PrimaGIS Buildout' method by Kai Lautaportti1, and it aims to simplify the installation of PrimaGIS by providing users with all required software packages bundled together as a single tar.gz archive.
Download document (1.1 MB): PDF
Download archive (75 MB): SEA-RLC PrimaGIS Toolkit
3. Guidelines for installing Plone PrimaGIS on Windows XP
This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Plone PrimaGIS on Windows XP. The installation example uses the software bundled together below (PrimaGIS_install_windows_v1.zip).
Download document (3.1 MB): PDF
Download bundled software (41 MB): PrimaGIS_install_windows_v1.zip
4. Guidelines for adding a WMS layer to Plone PrimaGIS
This document provides simple guidelines with screenshots for adding a Web Map Service (WMS) layer to Plone PrimaGIS. The guidelines use the SEA-RLC PrimaGIS Toolkit (see above) which is based on the Builout method by Lautaportti1 for installing PrimaGIS on Linux.
Download document (1.0 MB): PDF
5 Guidelines for adding a shapefile to PrimaGIS
The aim of this document is to provide simple guidelines for adding a shapefile layer to Plone PrimaGIS.
Download document (2.5 MB): PDF
[Documentation on PrimaGIS website: http://www.primagis.fi/documentation ]
1Lautaportti K (2007) PrimaGIS Buildout. URL: http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PrimaGIS/wiki/PrimaGISBuildout [last accessed 16 Jan 2007]
MapWindow GIS
The MapWindow application is a free, extensible, geographic information system (GIS).
SEA-RLC Information Resources
NEW PrimaGIS guidelines from SEA-RLC
1. Plone PrimaGIS Installation Guidelines for Linux using the PrimaGIS Buildout method This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing the webGIS software called PrimaGIS on Linux, using the the 'PrimaGIS Buildout' method by Kai Lautaportti1. The aim is to build on existing guidelines by Lautaportti, by providing screenshots and more details for installing PrimaGIS on various Linux operating systems, so as to help users who are not that familiar with PrimaGIS or Plone to get started with the software.
Download document (1.1 MB): PDF
2. Installing Plone PrimaGIS on Linux using the SEA-RLC PrimaGIS Toolkit (based on PrimaGIS Buildout method)
This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Plone PrimaGIS on Linux, using the SEA-RLC PrimaGIS Toolkit. The Toolkit is based on the 'PrimaGIS Buildout' method by Kai Lautaportti1, and it aims to simplify the installation of PrimaGIS by providing users with all required software packages bundled together as a single tar.gz archive.
Download document (1.1 MB): PDF
Download archive (75 MB): SEA-RLC PrimaGIS Toolkit
3. Guidelines for installing Plone PrimaGIS on Windows XP
This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Plone PrimaGIS on Windows XP. The installation example uses the software bundled together below (PrimaGIS_install_windows_v1.zip).
Download document (3.1 MB): PDF
Download bundled software (41 MB): PrimaGIS_install_windows_v1.zip
4. Guidelines for adding a WMS layer to Plone PrimaGIS
This document provides simple guidelines with screenshots for adding a Web Map Service (WMS) layer to Plone PrimaGIS. The guidelines use the SEA-RLC PrimaGIS Toolkit (see above) which is based on the Builout method by Lautaportti1 for installing PrimaGIS on Linux.
Download document (1.0 MB): PDF
5 Guidelines for adding a shapefile to PrimaGIS
The aim of this document is to provide simple guidelines for adding a shapefile layer to Plone PrimaGIS.
Download document (2.5 MB): PDF
[Documentation on PrimaGIS website: http://www.primagis.fi/documentation ]
1Lautaportti K (2007) PrimaGIS Buildout. URL: http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PrimaGIS/wiki/PrimaGISBuildout [last accessed 16 Jan 2007]
Other Information Resources
Converting Latitude/Longitude to Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
The User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) is both a GeoSpatial application and a platform through which developers can create new, derived applications.MapWindow GIS
The MapWindow application is a free, extensible, geographic information system (GIS).
NASA Satellite tracking system
Online tool from NASA that allows
orbital tracking of hundreds of satellites. Useful resource for learning about various features of satellites.
