GIS projects are created and managed by QGIS application, which is a main tool for geospatial tasks in GIS.lab environment. QGIS is accessible under GIS.lab --> GIS.lab Desktop
item in GIS.lab applications menu.
Due to integrated Gisquick (http://gisquick.org) it is possible to publish GIS projects created in Desktop to Web environment just in few steps.
In following steps simplest possible GIS project will be created and published on Web.
- Log in to GIS.lab desktop client session
Use login and password for user account that has been created by gislab-adduser
command on GIS.lab master node (see user-creation
section for details).
- Copy sample GIS project
Copy sample GIS project (Repository/gislab-project/natural-earth
) to your Projects
folder.
Projects
directory.
- Open GIS project
Select central-europe.qgs
project file and open by QGIS application.
Feel free to modify sample project based on your needs.
Modify GIS.lab project for your needs.Now the first GIS project is ready.
- Publish project on web
Open Gisquick plugin, and follow publishing wizard.
Launch Gisquick plugin to start publication process. Define basemaps, layers, and project metadata. Define topics. Check configuration summary.Now publish project by pressing Publish
button. Publishing target is automatically set on GIS.lab to Publish/user
directory. There is no need to change any settings or create zip file.
Publish
button.
Launch Gisquick as GIS.lab --> GIS.lab Web
applications menu from main GIS.lab panel.
Log in with user's credentials.
Log in by user's credentials. Continue to enter Gisquick web environment.Then inspect published project which should be listed.
Click on project's link in URL column to launch project in Gisquick.Click on project's link in URL column to launch project in web environment.
Enjoy first published GIS.lab project in web environment.For more investigation about Gisquick download more complex Prague sample project and study Gisquick documentation.