GIS » Gisaf

h1. Software

Gisaf (for, eg, GIS Auroville Front-end) is a web application that is under development.

[[User manual]]
[[Server]]
[[Client]]
[[Stack]]
[[Mapbox]]

h2. Database

Gisaf uses a Postgis database.

h3. Creation

To create an appropriate database, run these commands:
<pre>
createuser avgis -P
createdb avgis -O avgis
psql avgis -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis;"
</pre>

h3. Notes

The geometry features' metadata MUST be set with the proper SRID, which can be tricky. See below.

h3. Import files

h2. Development

See the README file

h2. Configuration

TODO: more about parameters of the conf file

h3. Map

The default view of the map can be configured in the gisaf yaml config, eg:

<pre>
map:
openMapTilesKey: cS3lrAfYXoM4MDooT6aS
zoom: 14
pitch: 45
lat: 12.0000
lng: 79.8106
bearing: 0
style: OSM (vector)
opacity: 0.3
tilesUrl: /tiles/data/india-vector.json
</pre>

h3. Production

Gisaf reads the file @/etc/gisaf/prod.yml@ at boot.

h3. Development

Gisaf reads the @~/.gisaf/prod.yml@ file at boot.

h2. Third party

h3. TileServer

Serve the vector tiles for mapbox-gl locally: [[ TileServer ]]

Alternative: see #6907