System Requirements

MapGuide Viewer

MapGuide Open Source offers two viewer technologies: A DWF™-based viewer and an AJAX-based viewer.

  • The Autodesk DWF Viewer supports Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000 (SP2), Windows XP Professional and Home Edition, and Internet Explorer 5.01 and later.
  • The AJAX Viewer uses DHTML to present maps and spatial data in the browser. It does not require a plug-in and supports most browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox™, and Safari.

MapGuide Server and Web Server Extensions

  • Linux: Red Hat Enterprise ES 4.0 and Fedora Core 6
  • Windows: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000

Web Servers

  • Apache HTTP Server 2.0
  • Microsoft IIS 5.0 on Windows 2000
  • Microsoft IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003

Application Development

  • PHP 5.2.1
  • .NET Framework 2.0 (optional)
  • Java™ JDK 5.0 and the Tomcat Servlet engine version 5.5.12 (optional)