Portable GIS: 10th Birthday Update

Jo Cook | Astun Technology | @archaeogeek

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    Portable GIS (noun)

    • Born 2006 (ish)

    • "por.ta.ble": capable of being carried or moved about

    • "g.i.s": geographical information systems

    • aka: GIS on a stick

What it is:

  • A self-contained set of the common open source GIS packages, designed to run in windows, from a USB stick

  • Installed using a single installer file, requiring no additional configuration or setup

  • Along with some Ordnance Survey Open Data

It also has a control panel for easy access to all the components

Control Panel

What it is not:

  • A Bootable Drive (like OSGeo Live)

  • Cross-Platform

  • Compatible with "portableapps.com"

  • Small- current installation is a 1GB download and 3GB installed

also not a stealth system

It has many potential uses; like rapid-deployment scenarios, education, training workshops, any time you want to take your work home with you...

DRC

But what software does it contain?

QGIS

PostgreSQL/PostGIS

Apache

Mapserver

Geoserver

Loader

OGR/GDAL

Python

Utilities (pdf reader, text editor, firefox)

Where can I get it?

Download the exe file (~1GB) from:

archaeogeek.com/portable-gis.html

What's exciting about the new release (5.6)

  • QGIS 2.14

  • Geoserver 2.8

  • Loader update

  • ...and...

... finally...

Next release

  • PostgreSQL/PostGIS -> Latest Stable

  • Next QGIS LTR

  • Other program updates?

Thanks!

archaeogeek.com/portable-gis.html

Jo Cook | Astun Technology | @archaeogeek

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