mobile and gis dev notes

1. Downloaded TileCache1.8 from http://www.tilecache.org/

2. Get the current releases of python and mod_python.
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/

http://httpd.apache.org/modules/python-download.cgi -> click on win32 binaries. Get the mod_python-3.3.1.win32-py2.5-Apache2.2.exe if your Apache is running on 2.2.

http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

http://effbot.org/downloads/PIL-1.1.6.win32-py2.5.exe

3. Install python2.5

4. Install mod_python and python_imaging.

5. Edit httpd.conf

LoadModule python_module modules/mod_python.so
 
<directory>
AddHandler python-program .py
PythonHandler test
PythonDebug On
</directory>
 
<directory>
	AddHandler python-program .py .cgi
	PythonHandler TileCache.Service
	PythonOption TileCacheConfig /wwwroot/tilecache/tilecache.cfg
	PythonDebug On
</directory>
 
ScriptInterpreterSource Registry
SetEnv PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
PassEnv PYTHONPATH

6. run regedit. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.4\PythonPath. Append “E:\wwwroot\tilecache” to PYTHONPATH

D:\Python24\Lib;D:\Python24\DLLs;D:\Python24\Lib\lib-tk;E:\wwwroot\tilecache;

7. Put D:\Python24 in your WINDOWS PATH

8. Test if apache could read python by http://127.0.0.1/pytest/test.py

9. http://127.0.0.1/tilecache/test1.cfm

10. tilecache_seed.py “http://127.0.0.1/tilecache/tilecache.py” roads 12 17 “116.28229,39.85291,116.48657,39.98783″