Quick Start Guide

This page provide a quickly guide in order to run the MapStore with all his components described in the WIKI home page. You can start using MapStore following the steps below:

Install and Start-Up Demo

0. If you don't have Java installed , download and install a Java Development Kit (1.6 or later) from here, and set an environment variable JAVA_HOME to the pathname of the directory into which you installed the JDK.

1. Download the MapStore binary here.

2. Unpack the binary into a convenient location so that the distribution resides in its own directory (conventionally named "mapstore"). For the purposes of the remainder of this document, the symbolic name MAPSTORE_HOME is used to refer to the directory where MapStore resides.

3. Start Up MapStore

Execute the following shell commands:

    Windows:
    cd %MAPSTORE_HOME%
    startup

    UNIX:
    cd $MAPSTORE_HOME
    ./startup.sh

4. Wait until the startup process has completed (you should see the message "Started [email protected]:8080" at the bottom of the startup windows) and access the MapStore HomePage here

Play with the demo

It is now time to play with the demo by other looking at the preconfigured maps or by creating new maps.

Open Existing Maps

MapStore comes with a few preconfigured maps. Clicking on the rows of MapManager you can get access to the existing maps. You can open them up and also get a unique link to embed them into existing sites. Check the Documentation for additional info on the Map Viewer.

Create new maps or modify existing ones

First of all, login to MapStore, clicking on the Login button and entering the following credentials:

• username: admin
• password: admin

You can now create new maps, modify the existing ones or manage the users. To create a new map click on the "New Map" button, a new window should open up where you can compose your map, choosing a background layer and adding more layers from the preconfigured services, your personal map server, or one of the free map servers available on the net. You can then click the "Save" button to give a name to your map and share it with the world.

Please, refer to the homepage of MapStore for additional information on how to use the various tools. Please, consider also the option to contribute to its documentation.

Shutdown the demo

To shutdown MapStore execute the following shell commands:

 Windows:
 cd %MAPSTORE_HOME%
 shutdown

 UNIX:
 cd $MAPSTORE_HOME
 ./shutdown.sh

Advanced Configuration

For advanced configuration options like Http-Proxy or GeoStore, check this page.

Let us know what you think about MapStore

If you have any problem starting MapStore, look here

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