Portable GIS: 10th Birthday Update

Jo Cook | Astun Technology | @archaeogeek

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

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...

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...

• A repository for the changed files (in progress) at gitlab.com/archaeogeek/portable-gis (currently private)

• Full online developer and user documentation (in progress) at portable-gis-docs.readthedocs.org

Next release

• PostgreSQL/PostGIS -> Latest Stable

• Next QGIS LTR

• Other program updates?

Thanks!

archaeogeek.com/portable-gis.html

Jo Cook | Astun Technology | @archaeogeek