[GRASSLIST:2079] Re: Web basaed GIS with GRASS

[Richard Ford]

Quickly how did you build it?

And where do you see it's "fit" in the discussion here about GIS vs Web and
supported file types, esri import/export, online data
,modification/addition?

It is looking good so far - my poor 56k connection is struggling!

Cheers,
Richard.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Preston" <jpreston at uwimona.edu.jm>
To: "Richard Ford" <grass at cubok.com>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 2:27 AM
Subject: Web basaed GIS with GRASS


> Hi, I came across your email talking about using the full power of GRASS
via the
> web.
>
> I have been working on an add-on for GRASS 4.x to allow this.
> If you have the time you can try and connect to it via
> http://196.3.4.220:8000/jdb/icens.sivs?class=gis using the username
"guest" and
> the password "icens".
>
> It shows I think that with some work it would be easy to have the full
> capability of  GRASS available  via the web.
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> John Preston.
>
> P.S. Please bear in mind that it is a work in progress.
>
> Richard Ford wrote:
>
> > G'Day All,
> >
> > Our company has been hired to help some academics do some sophisticated
web
> > enabled GIS stuff.
> >
> > Now the academics are good at GIS and what not.  They are currently
using
> > ArcView.  I have dabbled in ArcIMS to make web viewable pages and did
get it
> > to work - but the program has to be the most inflexible and error prone
to
> > install problems ever.
> >
> > We are as a company committed to open source so we started trying GRASS.
I
> > am 1.3 through two tutorials on it.
> >
> > My question before I get too far is...
> >
> > We want to be able to store the data in a more sophisticated manner -
like a
> > MySQL or Sybase database.  And be able to enter and manipulate that data
> > from a web page with PHP.  The idea is to allow the stake holders in the
> > area being studied a level of "What if" analysis.
> >
> > Plus the general benefit of storing data in a proper RDMS for other more
> > general data mining tasks.
> >
> > Now how does or does GRASS support any form of serving live dynamic
pages or
> > content for a web site.  Or is ti just a stand alone GIS like ArcView.
> >
> > We are looking for the ArcIMS way of doing things - or presenting things
> > once created in an ArcVIEW session.  Is GRASS more analogous to ArcView
and
> > not ArcIMS?  Or can it do both?
> >
> > What are the suggestions from the experts?  :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Richard Ford.
> > Cubok PTY LTD
> > richard at cubok.com   www.cubok.com
> > richard at millpost.com.au   www.millpost.com.au
>
>