GIS on a USB stick.
UPDATE: Portable GIS now has a google group for support, enhancement requests and discussion
UPDATE: You can now download the package here!
UPDATE: Go here for some information on the postgresql connection details, and here for a small patch
The philosophy behind this idea was to provide beginners with a ready-installed and configured stack of open source GIS tools that would run in windows without the need for emulation or a live cd. By taking out the often difficult installation and configuration, I hope to make it easier for beginners to get started with open source GIS, so they are not put off before it gets interesting and fun. Not only that, but having a fully self-contained GIS system may prove useful in a number of real-life situations.
The current set of software includes:
- Desktop GIS packages GRASS (windows native version 6.3: does not need cygwin), QGIS (version 0.10 with GRASS plugin) and gvSIG (version 1.1),
- FWTools (GDAL and OGR toolkit, version 2.10)
- XAMPPlite (Apache2/MySQL5/Php5),
- PostgreSQL (version 8.2)/Postgis (version 1.1),
- Mapserver, OpenLayers, Tilecache, Featureserver, and Geoserver web applications.
The packages and menu system are all open source, but each component has a separate license. Some of the components have been altered in order to make them drive-letter independent.
Provisoes:
- This is not for production use. In order to keep end user configuration to a minimum there are a number of security holes and as such it should be used for demonstration and home use only.
- It is also not “stealth GIS”- no attempt has been made to leave no trace on the host system.
The current level of development is that it is fully working, but still in development, so expect frequent updates (and bugs…)
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