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how feasible is building my own map server? providing GeoCoding, Directions and Navigation

My need is a heavy use of routing. same as Google's Directions API. I'm looking for a viable alternative to abusing google and paying them too much. how difficult is it to have my own server for that ...
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How to build tile server from Openstreetmap data for beginner?

I am a beginner at GIS and I am developing a Java Application which needs a map. (The map would specifically be of just one city in the Philippines.) I have researched on different ways to do this and ...
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Web Map Server (geoserver) on CentOS 6

I am trying to setup a web map server on a CentOS 6.2 virtual machine for development. I have never used Linux or web mapping frameworks, but I am trying to do this work as low cost as possible. So ...
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Geoportal Server 1.1.1 search widget for Flex 2.5

Does anyone one know where I can get the above mentioned search widget? I have been tasked with installing this to an existing geopoprtal server and Flex viewer does anyone know how to do this. i have ...
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How can I show custom titles on my table fields with OpenLayers?

I have a server with Geoserver, Apache and OpenLayers and it displays the map okay; I can see my data with an OpenLayers.Popup.FramedCloud call and it shows the content of my layer. I want to know if ...
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How can I generate and publish raster images?

I have several hundred groups of data points (in lat/lng format). I want to generate heat maps for each group using kriging or similar interpolations and then display the generated raster images on a ...
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apache vs lighttpd vs nginX as OpenLayers / GIS Server

How is using one of the above technologies to host an Openlayers-based GIS application? My investigation with apache and lighttpd showed that apache is not the best for heavy load environments. In ...
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How to serve ArcGIS Server created KML data to REST over port 443?

How can ArcGIS Server created services be viewed over port 443 as KML within Google Earth?
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List of WMS Servers [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: GIS Map Service Software I'm experimenting with some applications and I would like to know what are our options for wms servers, such as MapServer and Geoserver. Do you ...
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How to fix “Access to database denied” when accessing PostgreSQL?

I got a tiny problem regarding connection to my server. What should we do when this message appears in front of you? I've done several changes in the *pg_hba.conf* entry but yet to succeed. Any ...
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Migrating ArcGIS Server 10.02 to a new server

Our server that runs ArcGIS Server had major issues this morning, sending us into a panic to get it installed on a new server (as was in our plans in the coming weeks). Now that we are ready to move ...
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A security exception occurred while trying to connect to the REST end point, Silverlight

I am getting this error while creating a basic Silverlight Application. Below is the error message. I have placed the clientaccesspolicy.xml file in the folder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot. I am not sure if ...
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Architecture issue - ArcGIS Server sourcing data from FME?

I'm looking at potential architectures for a new project and the biggest unknown right now is how well ArcGIS Server can communicate with non-ESRI data sources for map services. There are a number of ...
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Most suitable open source GIS platform

I'm looking for an open source GIS server or desktop package that supports as many file formats as possible, is fast, runs on Linux or Mac and can be controlled via an API. Planning to do very basic ...
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How can I secure my REST endpoint using a custom database and Basic Auth

I need to provide Google Earth users access to my REST endpoints. Currently there is a database that has the users and pwds as well as there roles. Roles determine what data in the website they can ...
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ArcSDE recently modified geometries

ArcSDE 10 with a MS SQL 2005 backend. I am trying to see the most recently modified geometries using SQL so that I can use it to update another GIS database running PostGIS. Has anyone tried this ...
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Can I use google app engine to work as a WMS or some sort of geoserver that I can use to connect openlayers?

Has anybody ever heard or tried doing anything like this?
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How do you publish map caches from ArcGIS Data and Maps for Server?

I haven't published ESRI-supplied data before, but I followed the instructions that came with the Data and Maps for ArcGIS Server 10. When I view the supplied MXD file for a map cache, it's just a ...
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Initiate a pop-up before accessing a .net out-of-the-box web map

I need to create a pop-up that initiates as soon as a user clicks on a web map, or accesses the link from another location. The map is an ArcGIS Server out-of-the-box .net app. It's for a disclaimer ...
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Arcgis server not showing map service

I have a map service enabled in my server and have kml and wms as well as mapping and feature access capabilities turned on. I can view the wms in qgis, I can veiw the kml in google earth. However ...
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Installed Sharepoint 3 = Breaks ArcGIS Server

Want to do some testing with Sharepoint/MapIt. Took an existing machine with ArcGIS Server 10 on Windows Server 2008 on. Installed Sharepoint 3.0 SP2 on it with basic install/default options. Can ...

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