Open Source Tools for Online Mapping - Part 1
Part 1: Installing MS4W and MapLab
- MapTools.org
- Download MapServer
- MapServer 1.0.1 (works with MapLab)
- Download MapLab 2.2
- Unzip into the top level of the C drive
- Get MapLab files in the right places
- Restart computer
- Check if the localhost address works in Explorer, with MapLab listed
- Go to: C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs
- Rename "index.phtml" to "index2.phtml"
- Go to http://www.WhatIsMyIPaddress.com and note IP address
- In Notepad, create the following "index.htm" file:
<html>
<h1> This server belongs to 'your name' </h1>
<h2> My IP address is: xxx.xx.xx.xx </h2>
</html> - Open Explorer and enter localhost
- Add links to four of your neighbors to the index.htm file:
<a href="http:/xxx.xx.xx.xx"> Groucho's web server </a>
<html>
<h1> This server belongs to 'your name' </h1>
<h2> My IP address is: xxx.xx.xx.xx
<a href="http://xxx.xx.xx.xx"> Groucho's web server </a> |
<a href="http://xxx.xx.xx.xx"> Harpo's web server </a> |
<a href="http://xxx.xx.xx.xx"> Chico''s web server </a> |
<a href="http://xxx.xx.xx.xx"> Zeppo's web server </a>
</html>
