[GRASS-user] System architecture for running GRASS

[Michael Barton]

Installing GRASS for Mac is easier than for any other system‹drag and drop.
Works like a charm on an iMac with 1Gb RAM. It works as well in Mac OSX as
it does in Linux. We¹re running GRASS on Mac and Fedora Core 4. One of my
students swears by Debian. Windows is more complicated. You can certainly
use it, but the set up is more difficult (the other responses spoke to
this). 

GRASS makes it relatively easy to store data on a central server and  use
desktop versions of the application. This is an alternative to storing data
AND running the app from a server.

Michael
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Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
Arizona State University

phone: 480-965-6213
fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton



From: Craig Feuerherdt <craigfeuerherdt at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 10:28:15 +1000
To: <grassuser at grass.itc.it>
Subject: [GRASS-user] System architecture for running GRASS

I have recently got a new job working for a small business. My role is
GIS/mapping and I am wanting to use GRASS - cost being the predominant
issues. I come from an ESRI ArcInfo/ArcGIS background. I am confident that
GRASS (and myself) have the capability to deliver the businesses
requirements.

The business is in the process of setting up its computer system and I want
to ensure that we have considered the needs of the GIS as it will be a core
part of the business.
My wish list includes;
> storing all data in Postgresql
> database (and therefore data) is accessible to all users on the network
> database is available for other applications ie MapServer ec

I would appreciate feedback from users who are using GRASS in a similar,
networked environment and how they have implemented it. At this stage all
desktop computers will be running Windows.
I think it would be best to run linux on the server (what flavour is another
quesiton ie GISKnoppix/GISDebian - ready made system or is it better to use
an alternative and install applications myself?). The server can still act
as a central fileserver using Samba. To access GRASS I could use a terminal
server, this way all processing is done on the server with the data, rather
than relying on the network etc.
I am skeptical about running GRASS under cygwin, my main concerns relate to
storing and accessing data in the postgresql database on the server.

Any suggestions/ideas/experiences would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Craig


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