Vaclav, rollApp looks good, but it's read-only without a plan. I can start the GUI, but I cannot create a new location, which means no GRASS session. Is there a sample location there so I can actually try it in a read-only mode?
Thanks, Huidae On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 10:48 AM Vaclav Petras <wenzesl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > Following posts on Binder - mybinder.org [1] and CoCalc - cocalc.com [2, > 3], I would like to introduce also rollApp - rollapp.com, another > alternative for "Try online" link. It is a freemium service providing > access to many (mostly) open source applications through a web browser > (i.e., in cloud). You need to log in (e.g., with Google Account) to access > it and you can't save data without purchasing a plan, but you can run > applications and access the Internet. (With a plan, you can connect > different storage such as Drobox or Google Drive.) > > It can run GRASS GIS for couple years already. You can try it here: > > https://www.rollapp.com/app/grassgis (page with a Launch button) > https://www.rollapp.com/launch/grassgis (direct link with possibly > sub-optimal results) > > [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2019-August/093053.html > [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2019-August/093058.html > [3] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2019-December/093910.html > > Right now, it would not work well as a "try online" tool, but it could. > Continue reading if you want to know details. > > I worked with them in the past I bit and made some fixes in GRASS GIS > which helped rollApp to start GRASS GIS. > > https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/70461 > https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/70335 > https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/70336 > https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/70450 > https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/70357 > > Some additional commits since then (for example, removal of tput) also > improved start in environments such as rollApp. > > > https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/commit/5c46b130ea50df148ebc73699974c2a621e15e4b > > One ongoing issue (which is possibly relevant to CoCalc, too) is that > GRASS GIS can start only with terminal. You can reproduce the issue locally > on Linux using `nohup grass` or, at least on Ubuntu with Unity, by pressing > Ctrl+F2 and typing "grass". > > https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3295 > > Nevertheless, you can start GRASS GIS even with free account, in the > startup screen change the database directory to /tmp, download a sample > location, and start GRASS GIS. I think the GUI is little bit faster than in > CoCalc. The command line is worse than what you have in CoCalc (fixed size > xterm versus in-browser one). > > There is couple things which can be done in GRASS GIS or in rollApp to > make this a great "try online" option (even perhaps as a secondary one in > case we want to favor an open source platform). In any case, I would like > to find a place on the new website to have rollApp listed as one option for > using GRASS GIS online. > > Let me know what you think, > Vaclav > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev -- Huidae Cho, Ph.D., GISP, PE (MD), CFM, M.ASCE Open Source GIS Developer, GRASS GIS Development Team
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