Also go to the particular products that you are interested in, they should have their requirements listed.
You will likely also want to set up the maps: the most commonly used dataset is derived from (or based on)
openstreetmap.org. You will soon be indicted to the joys of tools like osm2pgsql :)
However, you users should define the mapping data source and boundaries for you.
Make sure to get a really good user spec / system boundary. Trying to download and set up a full world map dataset can take days or weeks depending on your hardware.
Take the recommended hardware requirement and system setup / tuning recommendations seriously. I was bitten by this one in the past.
Also think about a bit of future proofing. In the years I have been contributing to / sourcing from OSM, the amount of data has grown exponentially.
Hi,
I should be grateful if anyone can offer insight into how to set up PostGIS to support ArcGIS, MapInfo and QGIS desktop users.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Shao