Installation of GIS Tools on Linux

Suggest these CLI tools for data manipulation:

• GDAL's ogr2ogr, etc
• ​Convert SRTM to GeoTIFF

PostGIS

​PostGIS adds Spatial storage to PostgreSQL

• alternatively these can be installed as part of ​OpenGeoSuite

NB PostGIS in Debian Lenny is rather old - recommend using the version in Squeeze

apt-get install postgresql-8.4-postgis
su postgres
createdb gis
createlang plpgsql -d gis
psql -d gis -f /usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/postgis-1.5/postgis.sql
psql -d gis -f /usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/postgis-1.5/spatial_ref_sys.sql

• Add Spherical Mercator projection (900913. See ​http://www.cadmaps.com/gisblog/?p=81 for 54004):

  psql gis
  INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, srtext, proj4text) values (900913 ,'EPSG',900913,'GEOGCS["WGS 84", DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984", SPHEROID["WGS 84", 6378137.0, 298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]], NIT["degree",0.017453292519943295], AXIS["Longitude", EAST], AXIS["Latitude", NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]], PROJECTION["Mercator_1SP"],PARAMETER["semi_minor", 6378137.0], PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0.0], PARAMETER["central_meridian", 0.0], PARAMETER["scale_factor",1.0], PARAMETER["false_easting", 0.0], PARAMETER["false_northing", 0.0],UNIT["m", 1.0], AXIS["x", EAST], AXIS["y", NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","900913"]] |','+proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m +nadgrids=@null +no_defs');
  

• Allow remote access:

  passwd postgres
  
  vim /etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf
  listen_addresses = '*'
  
  vim /etc/postgresql/8.4/main/pg_hba.conf
  host    all         all         my.ip.add.ress/24     md5
  
  /etc/init.d/postgresql restart
  
  vim /etc/iptables.rules
  -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5432 -j ACCEPT
  
  reboot
  
  su postgres
  createuser -s -P gis
  

(Don't do remote access as 'postgres' - to do so means can't simply access psql via 'su postgres')

• Adjust postgresql.conf for performance relative to resources available (​http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Tuning_Your_PostgreSQL_Server)

  vim /etc/sysctl.conf
  # Increase Shared Memory available for PostgreSQL
  # 512Mb
  kernel.shmmax = 279134208
  # 1024Mb (may need more)
  #kernel.shmmax = 536870912
  kernel.shmall = 2097152
  
  sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=58720256
  sysctl -w kernel.shmall=2097152
  
  vim /etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf
  
  # This default is probably ok
  # adjust upward _or_ add a connection pooling layer like pgpool if running out of connections for clients
  max_connections = 100
  
  # shared_buffers = 24MB
  # Ideal is if all frequently accessed indexes and table rows can fit in here - this is often unrealistic
  # setting too high relative to system resources can be detrimental to the system.
  # At the high end this should be no more than 1/4 to 1/3 the available memory (ie that which is not being used by the OS or other processes).
  # Values suggested are quite conservative, so you can push them up a bit if there are resources available for it
  # but absolutely no more than 1/3 available memory.
  # 512Mb system suggest starting at:
  shared_buffers = 56MB
  # 1024Mb system suggest starting at:
  #shared_buffers = 160MB
  
  # effective_cache_size = 128MB
  # 512Mb system suggest starting at:
  effective_cache_size = 256MB
  # 1024Mb system suggest starting at:
  #effective_cache_size = 512MB
  
  #work_mem = 1MB
  # This is a per sort setting, so setting this too high with a high number of max_connections can be bad.
  # If the database load turns out to have a lot of sorting and not a lot of separate connections, you should increase this
  # and drop the max_connections.
  # 512Mb system suggest starting at:
  work_mem = 2MB
  # 1024Mb system suggest starting at:
  #work_mem = 4MB
  
  # As you get more memory in the system, moving this up can be quite useful if you notice vacuum processes taking forever.
  maintenance_work_mem = 16MB
  
  /etc/init.d/postgresql restart
  

Java

vim /etc/apt/sources.list
# for sun-java packages in unstable
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free

apt-get update
apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
vim /etc/profile
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
export JAVA_HOME

or:

• ​Download the JDK & install it:

  cd /usr/local
  sh ~/jdk-6u21-linux-i586.bin
  ln -sf /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_21 /usr/local/java
  vim /etc/profile
  JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java
  export JAVA_HOME
  

Install the JAI extensions (improves performance for GeoServer WMS): 32-bit:

cd /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
wget http://download.java.net/media/jai/builds/release/1_1_3/jai-1_1_3-lib-linux-i586-jdk.bin
wget http://download.java.net/media/jai-imageio/builds/release/1.1/jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-i586-jdk.bin
sh jai-1_1_3-lib-linux-i586-jdk.bin
# accept license
export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209
sh jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-i586-jdk.bin
# accept license
rm jai-1_1_3-lib-linux-i586-jdk.bin
rm jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-i586-jdk.bin

64-bit:

cd /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
wget http://download.java.net/media/jai/builds/release/1_1_3/jai-1_1_3-lib-linux-amd64-jdk.bin
wget http://download.java.net/media/jai-imageio/builds/release/1.1/jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-amd64-jdk.bin
sh jai-1_1_3-lib-linux-amd64-jdk.bin
# accept license
export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209
sh jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-amd64-jdk.bin
# accept license
rm jai-1_1_3-lib-linux-amd64-jdk.bin
rm jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-amd64-jdk.bin

Apache Tomcat

​Tomcat is the recommended way to deploy Java applications

• ​Debian:

  apt-get install sun-java6-jdk tomcat5.5 libapache2-mod-jk
  a2enmod jk
  vim /etc/libapache2-mod-jk/workers.properties
  workers.java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
  
  # Needed for GeoServer-2.1-beta1 (2.0.2 was fine, but maybe it's because of running both at once?)
  vim /etc/default/tomcat5.5
  JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx256M -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
  
  vim /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5
  TOMCAT5_SECURITY=no
  
  /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 restart
  

Enable access to GeoServer on Port 80:

a2enmod proxy
a2enmod proxy_ajp
a2enmod proxy_http
vim /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy.conf
    Deny from all
    Allow from localhost

vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/geo
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName geo.eden.sahanafoundation.org
  ServerAdmin webmaster@sahanafoundation.org
  DocumentRoot /var/www

  ProxyPreserveHost on
  RewriteEngine On
  # These 2 lines should be disabled in Production
  RewriteRule ^/geoserver/(.*)$ ajp://localhost:8009/geoserver/$1 [P]
  ProxyPassReverse /geoserver ajp://localhost:8009/geoserver/
  RewriteRule ^/geoserver/wfs ajp://localhost:8009/geoserver/wfs [P]
  ProxyPassReverse /geoserver/wfs ajp://localhost:8009/geoserver/wfs
  RewriteRule ^/geoserver/wms ajp://localhost:8009/geoserver/wms/ [P]
  ProxyPassReverse /geoserver/wms ajp://localhost:8009/geoserver/wms/
  RewriteRule ^/geowebcache/(.*)$ ajp://localhost:8009/geowebcache/$1 [P]
  ProxyPassReverse /geowebcache ajp://localhost:8009/geowebcache/

  ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/geo_error.log
  LogLevel warn
  CustomLog /var/log/apache2/geo_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

a2ensite geo
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

WMS/WFS

​GeoServer

(recommended)

apt-get install unzip
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/geoserver/GeoServer/2.0.2/geoserver-2.0.2-war.zip

cd /var/lib/tomcat5.5/webapps
unzip ~/geoserver-2.0.2-war.zip

/etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 restart

vim /etc/iptables.rules
-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8180 -j ACCEPT

reboot

​http://geo.host.domain:8180/geoserver

or

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/geoserver/GeoServer/2.0.2/geoserver-2.0.2-bin.zip
cd /usr/local
unzip ~/geoserver-2.0.2-bin.zip
ln -sf /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.2 /usr/local/geoserver

vim /etc/profile
GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/local/geoserver
export GEOSERVER_HOME

vim /etc/rc.local
/usr/local/geoserver/bin/startup.sh &

vim /etc/iptables.rules
-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT

reboot

​http://geo.host.domain:8080/geoserver

Configure:

• UserGuidelinesGISData
• ​Production Performance

​MapServer

• ​TinyOWS can complement this for WFS-T

Printing

For Printing TMS layers, need to compile the Trunk version of the ​MapFish Print Module & then serve the resultant .war with ​Tomcat:

1. Ensure that JAVA_HOME points to a JDK.
2. Download & build source:

   svn checkout http://www.mapfish.org/svn/mapfish/print/trunk/
   cd trunk
   ./gradlew build
   

3. Configure Tomcat

   vim /etc/tomcat5.5/policy.d/04webapps.policy
   permission java.io.FilePermission "/var/lib/tomcat5.5/webapps/print-servlet-1.2-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes/logging.properties", "read";
   
   /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 restart
   
   vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/print
   
   
   ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/print /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/print
   /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
   

4. Copy the WAR file to your %WEBAPPS% directory:

   cp trunk/build/libs/print-servlet-1.2-SNAPSHOT.war /var/lib/tomcat5.5/webapps
   

5. (re)Start Tomcat
6. Configure the Map URL for Eden to:
   • ​http://host.domain:8180/print-servlet-1.2-SNAPSHOT/pdf/
7. Configure %WEBAPPS%\print-servlet-1.2-SNAPSHOT\config.yaml: ​http://www.mapfish.org/doc/print/configuration.html

Printing can also be done within GeoServer:

• ​http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/Printing+2.0+HOWTO

However this version doesn't yet support TMS layers, like OpenStreetMap.

wget http://geoserver.org/download/attachments/20938936/printing-2.0.x.zip
wget http://geoserver.org/download/attachments/20938936/printing-data-2.0.x.zip
cd /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.2/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib
unzip ~/printing-2.0.x.zip
cd /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.2/data_dir
unzip ~/printing-data-2.0.x.zip
/usr/local/geoserver/bin/shutdown.sh
/usr/local/geoserver/bin/startup.sh &

• Configure by editing /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.2/data_dir/printing/config.yaml according to ​Documentation

Print to Image

• ​http://trac.mapfish.org/trac/mapfish/ticket/161

Cache

• ​http://mapproxy.org
  • ​http://mapproxy.org/docs/latest/install.html

    wget http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.7.tar.gz
    tar zxvf Imaging-1.1.7.tar.gz
    cd Imaging-1.1.7
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    wget http://pyproj.googlecode.com/files/pyproj-1.8.6.tar.gz
    tar zxvf pyproj-1.8.6.tar.gz
    cd pyproj-1.8.6
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    wget http://pyyaml.org/download/pyyaml/PyYAML-3.09.tar.gz
    tar zxvf PyYAML-3.09.tar.gz
    cd PyYAML-3.09
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/J/Jinja2/Jinja2-2.1.1.tar.gz
    tar zxvf Jinja2-2.1.1.tar.gz
    cd Jinja2-2.1.1
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/f/flup/flup-1.0.3.dev-20100525.tar.gz
    tar zxvf flup-1.0.3.dev-20100525.tar.gz
    cd flup-1.0.3.dev-20100525
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/Paste/Paste-1.7.4.tar.gz
    tar zxvf Paste-1.7.4.tar.gz
    cd Paste-1.7.4
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/PasteDeploy/PasteDeploy-1.3.3.tar.gz
    tar zxvf PasteDeploy-1.3.3.tar.gz
    cd PasteDeploy-1.3.3
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/PasteScript/PasteScript-1.7.3.tar.gz
    tar zxvf PasteScript-1.7.3.tar.gz
    cd PasteScript-1.7.3
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/M/MapProxy/MapProxy-0.8.4.tar.gz
    tar zxvf MapProxy-0.8.4.tar.gz
    cd MapProxy-0.8.4
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    cd /home
    paster create -t mapproxy_conf mapproxy
    

  • ​http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/IntegrationWithPylons

    wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/C/ConcurrentLogHandler/ConcurrentLogHandler-0.8.4.tar.gz
    tar zxvf ConcurrentLogHandler-0.8.4.tar.gz
    cd ConcurrentLogHandler-0.8.4
    python setup.py install
    cd ..
    
    mkdir /var/www/.python-eggs
    chown www-data /var/www/.python-eggs
    
    vim /home/mapproxy/mapproxy.py
    import os, sys
    from paste.script.util.logging_config import fileConfig
    BASEDIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
    INIFILE = os.path.join(BASEDIR, 'etc', 'config.ini')
    LOGFILE = os.path.join(BASEDIR, 'etc', 'log_deploy.ini')
    sys.path.append(BASEDIR)
    os.environ['PYTHON_EGG_CACHE'] = '/var/www/.python-eggs'
    fileConfig( LOGFILE )
    from paste.deploy import loadapp
    application = loadapp('config:%s' % INIFILE)
    
    vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/proxy
    <VirtualHost *:80>
      ServerName proxy.sahanafoundation.org
      ServerAdmin webmaster@sahanafoundation.org
      
      WSGIScriptAlias / /home/mapproxy/mapproxy.py
      WSGIDaemonProcess mapproxy user=www-data group=www-data home=/home/mapproxy processes=2 maximum-requests=100
      
      <Location "/">
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
        WSGIProcessGroup mapproxy
      </Location>
    
      ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/proxy_error.log
      LogLevel warn
      CustomLog /var/log/apache2/proxy_access.log combined
    </VirtualHost>
    
    cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
    ln -s ../sites-available/proxy
    /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
    

  • ​http://mapproxy.org/docs/latest/configuration.html

• ​http://tilecache.org
  • ​http://github.com/migurski/GridTile

• ​http://geowebcache.org
  • e.g. included as part of ​OpenGeoSuite

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