[Geowanking] Open Source Web GIS System Architecture

[Allan Doyle]

On Aug 29, 2005, at 19:40, Jo Walsh wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 07:04:51PM -0400, Gregory Yetman wrote:
>
>> Has anyone written (or know of) an end-to-end system architecture  
>> paper
>> that uses only open source software and provides the following  
>> functions
>>
>
> I've been failing to write a soft architecture document like this for
> some time now. We're setting up a Free Map system to replace the  
> too-slow
> one that runs http://freemap.in/ , an application-oriented complement
> to openstreetmap.org that will be a hosted service for other free  
> map projects.
>
> I hope the docwriting will be part of a public development process,
> wiki nature etc. I don't want to duplicate others' work; it will be an
> architecture specifically for the free map system rather than a
> general howto/ intro.
>
> ISTR there was an effort on eogeo.org to produce an Open Source GIS
> book last year; i don't know what happened to it. You might do well to
> try this question on the freegis.org list, too.

http://www.eogeo.org/Projects/projects_wiki/FreeGISBook but it's not  
where you need it to be yet. Also, the GSDI Cookbook could be helpful  
but also is not quite what you need either. http://www.gsdi.org/ 
gsdicookbookindex.asp

     Allan

>
>
>> Does either 'Mapping Hacks' or 'Web Mapping Illustrated' fit the  
>> bill?
>>
>
> You could probably filter a lot of the right context from the
> 'Building the Geospatial Web' chapter of Mapping Hacks. Web Mapping
> Illustrated lays it out in a more step-by-step way, less fluffy stuff.
> You should buy *both* books, though, just to make sure :)
>
>
> -jo
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