Timeline for Howto setup and use a remote GIS workstation (QGIS,GRASS,PostGIS)?
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| Apr 11, 2013 at 15:27 | comment | added | TankofVines | I might be missing something in your question, but I think some kind of remote viewer is the best bet with the IaaS route. I am not sure if there is a situation where you can run QGIS locally and have the processing done remotely. Outside of some kind of custom service on your server, I think you might have to use the QGIS instance on the server. | |
| Apr 11, 2013 at 7:59 | comment | added | sanzoghenzo | Thank you, I think I can save the money of the new hardware and invest some in an IaaS (and do the same for my rendering needs). Still, my main concern is using QGIS remotely... do I have to do it via VNC? | |
| Apr 10, 2013 at 21:27 | comment | added | nickves | The price I was refering at was for a large instance, for 50 hours/month. I thought it would be super expensive, but I was surprised. Its affordable. | |
| Apr 10, 2013 at 21:04 | comment | added | TankofVines | Maybe, but you can get a lot out of a micro instance. | |
| Apr 10, 2013 at 19:16 | comment | added | nickves | An EC2 instance, for that kind of job, can cost from 13 usd/month. | |
| Apr 10, 2013 at 15:37 | history | answered | TankofVines | CC BY-SA 3.0 |