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Deployment and Usage

Server Preparation

The server is configured using XML files. Edit the service.xml file to configure the service as a whole. Add entries to the service.xml file for each project being served. Configuration details for each serviced project are in the respective project XML configuration files.

System requirements

Server requirements are modest. LIDAR Server must be installed on a Windows-based server (Windows Server, Windows XP, or equivalent), although LIDAR Server can work in conjunction with a web server on a Linux or other system. LIDAR Server requires a 1GHz processor or above, 1GB of memory or more, 200 MB of hard drive space (data will likely require more), TCP/IP network card, and Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 or higher.

Standalone Clients

Procedures vary by client, but essentially just add a WMS layer to your standalone client. When prompted for a URL, the format is "http://servername/project/?", where "project" is the name of a configured project on this server.

For example, a typical URL would be "http://lidarserver.com/mycounty?", where "mycounty" is the served project.

Projects on this server:

Project URIWMS GetCapabilities
http://69.73.17.83/05_lillehammer2006?./05_lillehammer2006?
http://69.73.17.83/05_ringsaker2010?./05_ringsaker2010?
http://69.73.17.83/austin?./austin?
http://69.73.17.83/emporia?./emporia?
http://69.73.17.83/gothenburg?./gothenburg?
http://69.73.17.83/index?./index?
http://69.73.17.83/indy?./indy?
http://69.73.17.83/mcintosh?./mcintosh?
http://69.73.17.83/mn_dnr?./mn_dnr?
http://69.73.17.83/mountsthelens?./mountsthelens?
http://69.73.17.83/poland2?./poland2?
http://69.73.17.83/saminc?./saminc?
http://69.73.17.83/sample?./sample?
http://69.73.17.83/sandiego?./sandiego?
http://69.73.17.83/serpentmound?./serpentmound?
http://69.73.17.83/vancouver?./vancouver?
http://69.73.17.83/wmstest?./wmstest?
http://69.73.17.83/yokohama?./yokohama?

Browser-based Clients

As with standalone clients, use a URL as listed above. Implementation details depend on your client-side scripting technology (i.e. Javascript/OpenLayers, or Flash/FLEX, or Microsoft technologies). The inclusion of this data can be a small step in the web page implementation. For an OpenLayers example, see the sample referenced in the home page for this server.