Learning MapGuide Open Source

Course details

MapGuide Open Source is a free, web-based platform for creating and publishing web-mapping applications and geospatial web services. In this course, Gordon Luckett shows how to get up and running with MapGuide and create your own maps. Gordon explains how to install and configure MapGuide, load data in a range of formats and sources, and create stylish layers and combine them into maps. He also details the process for publishing your map to the web, including tips for navigating firewalls, and how to create short URLs for easier user access.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Explore what MapGuide has to offer
02 - Using the exercise files

1. Understanding and Installing MapGuide

03 - Understanding the components of MapGuide
04 - Installing MapGuide Server and MapGuide Maestro
05 - Using the MapGuide web viewer

2. Connecting and Loading Data with MapGuide Maestro

06 - Creating project folders in Maestro
07 - Loading data using Maestro
08 - Creating data connections with Maestro

3. Stylizing Data

09 - Creating point layers
10 - Creating polyline layers
11 - Creating polygon layers
12 - Creating raster layers
13 - Creating thematic layers
14 - Labeling vector layers

4. Maps

15 - Creating maps in Maestro

5. Basic Web Layouts

16 - Creating basic web layouts
17 - Creating searches in basic web layouts

6. Application Definitions

18 - Creating application definitions
19 - Using Google and other external providers in application definitions
20 - Creating searches in application definitions
21 - Creating a QuickPlot

7. Publishing to the Web

22 - Publishing to the web
23 - Publishing basic web layouts
24 - Publishing application definitions

Conclusion

25 - Next steps