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CartoWeb Documentation
Table of Contents
I. Presentation and Architecture .......................................................................... 9
1. Project Presentation .............................................................................. 10
1.1. About Cartoweb ......................................................................... 10
1.2. Credits ........................................................................................ 10
2. Cartographic Functionalities ................................................................. 11
2.1. Introduction ................................................................................ 11
2.2. Overview .................................................................................... 11
2.3. Navigation Interface ................................................................... 12
2.4. Arbitrarily Complex Hierarchy of Layers .................................. 12
2.5. Map Queries ............................................................................... 13
2.6. Annotation and Redlining .......................................................... 14
2.7. Measuring Tools ........................................................................ 15
2.8. Internationalization .................................................................... 15
2.9. Access Rights ............................................................................. 15
2.10. PDF Output and Other Export Formats ................................... 16
3. Architecture ........................................................................................... 18
3.1. Introduction ................................................................................ 18
3.2. MapServer / MapScript .............................................................. 18
3.3. Web-Service Architecture - SOAP ............................................ 18
3.4. Modularity: Projects and Plugins ............................................... 20
3.4.1. Plugins ............................................................................ 20
3.4.2. Projects ............................................................................ 21
3.5. Templates ................................................................................... 22
3.6. Users and Roles .......................................................................... 22
3.7. Performance Enhancement ........................................................ 22
II. User Manual ................................................................................................. 23
1. Installation ............................................................................................. 24
1.1. Prerequisite for Installing CartoWeb ......................................... 24
1.2. Installation Instructions for Version 3.0.0 ................................. 25
1.3. UNIX-like Install ....................................................................... 26
1.3.1. List of Available Commands .......................................... 27
1.3.2. Commands Details .......................................................... 27
1.4. Windows Install ......................................................................... 28
2. Structure ................................................................................................ 29
2.1. Introduction ................................................................................ 29
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