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Welcome

HostGIS Linux is an operating system designed to simplify the entry into the world of open-source web-based GIS. Open-source GIS is a great thing, but installation is often a long and painful process. Although there are precompiled kits out there (e.g. FGS) they often lacked certain features such as an already-operating database, and still required time to install the base OS and then the kit. That's why there's HostGIS Linux. Your server's default installation includes everything you need to cut through the system administration and get straight to setting up map applications:

• Slackware Linux, and slapt-get for package management
• Apache webserver and PHP
• A PostGIS-enabled PostgreSQL database server
• MapServer and GDAL/OGR with plenty of drivers, and MapScript for Perl, Python, and PHP
• Ming/SWF and PDF support built in to MapServer, Perl, Python, and PHP
• Other GIS tools: shapelib, shp2tile, StarSpan, GPSBabel, gpx2shp, AVC/E00 tools, MrSID tools
• Other system administration tools: Webmin, phpMyAdmin, phpPgAdmin
• Lots of applications demonstrating various mapping technologies, from Mapscript to OpenLayers

The goal of HostGIS Linux is to make life easier for GIS developers, to get you making maps. So let's get started.