Questions tagged [cloud-gis]
GIS database and services hosted as scalable server (or serverless) environments in the cloud.
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How to create coordinate system (using Lat/Long) across IR & VIS satellite images
A recent project of mine has been to gather IR and VIS data from WeatherUnderground's online site for the purposes of creating fun and informational temporal GIFs. Now, I'd like to take it a step ...
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Read laz files are stored on IBM COS
I have a problem with reading laz files that are stored at IBM cloud object storage.
I have built pywren-ibm library with all PDAL requirements - one of them with docker. I then deploy it to IBM ...
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QGIS and remote PostgreSQL/PostGIS slow performance
I'm using a cloud service for hosting my PostgreSQL/PostGIS database.
When connecting with QGIS, its extremely slow.
The observed behavior is:
Connecting to PostGIS DB: works great.
Adding a layer ...
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Get a mask for MODIS (250m, MOD09GQ) using MODIS (500m, MOD09GA) in Google Earth Engine?
How can I use the quality information stored in MODIS (500m) to create a mask for my MODIS (250m) image - e.g. cloud mask? When I merged the two image collections and run a function to detect the ...
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Hosting a few shapefiles so multiple users could use and edit the same map
Is there a way to synchronize a QGIS map with vector layers so that 3 or 4 users can use and edit the same file? I have a plug-in that updates shapefiles on a layer and it would be great to ...
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Export image collection Google Earth Engine to Google Cloud Bucket Python API
I have an image collection within GEE's Python API that I want to clip and write to my google cloud bucket. I am working on a Google Cloud VM and have mounted my bucket "gee-bucket22" with gcsfuse. I ...
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maskClouds vs filter clouds on Google Earth Engine
On Lab 6: Time series analysis from https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/edu, there is maskClouds:
var maskClouds = function(image) {
var quality = image.select('BQA');
var cloud01 = ...
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Is it possible to serve vector tiles directly from S3?
I have seen that it is possible to use S3 as a storage backend for vector tile servers such as Tegola. These work by fetching the tile from S3, then serving it through an application server.
Is there ...
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QGIS installation on a cloud platform
I would like to install QGIS on a cloud platform, like AWS/Amazon cloud for example. Do you think this is a valid solution? For my work I have to upload several satellite images (Sentinel and Landsat) ...
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Serverless geospatial data type conversion (similar to ogr2ogr)
Is it possible to run ogr2ogr or Python/Fiona in a serverless environment where each feature gets processed in parallel and where you don't have to specify the properties of a virtual machine upfront? ...
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Filtering Images that Intersect with Features
I have a FeatureCollection with various polygons. I want to filter Sentinel1 images that intersect with each polygon. I can do it manually but adding each feature as filterBounds () one by one but I ...
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Is it possible to show labels in QGIS CLOUD?
I have recently purchased the QGIS Cloud PRO version, but when I upload a map, I cannot visualize the labels of each layer.
Obviously, I have the labels activated on QGIS, but they just don't appear ...
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Can QGIS read/load a zipped shapefile or Geopackage from a URL/URI?
Does anyone know if it is possible to load a vector layer in QGIS (not stored in a RDBMS) from a URL/URI?
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GEE Landsat SR year composite // mask cloud / shadow out w/ other method than quality pixel
Has anyone found a good solution to mask out cloud/shadow cover not using quality assessesment pixels or combining it with something else?
I am trying to generate cloud/shadow free composite for a ...
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masking in ENVI [closed]
I have surface reflectance generated NDVI which I got from ESPA interface, https://espa.cr.usgs.gov. How do I mask cloud with Qa band in ENVI?
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How to apply a Cloud Mask in Google Earth Engine? (Landsat 5 TM 8-Day NDVI Composite)
I need to download ndvi values for some pixels for 2000-2001 using the Landsat 5 TM 8-Day NDVI Composite, but since there is no quality band as in mod13q1 there's no way to filter by quality. ...
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QGIS calculate sum of values in more raster layers
I have cloud masks (rasters) of diferrent days (from sentinel 2a product) and I would like to calculate how many times was some area covered by clouds. My basic idea is put all layers on each other ...
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Using QField with Multi-User Access also Offline?
I got 10-20 QGIS-Users which edit all one Project online and offline. Sometimes they do it at the same time. Until now we only used QGisDesktop with a PostGis Database stored in QGIS Cloud(50MB ...
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Cloud masking of Sentinel-2 product using SNAP [closed]
I am using Sentinel-2 images in tropical region where almost all image contains clouds which needs to be masked out.
What is the best way to remove the clouds from the image in all the bands, is SNAP ...
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QGIS cloud, add map to a web page [closed]
Is it possible to add a map which is published to QGIS cloud, on another web page? As a script code, like customised Google maps for example
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Sharing/exporting map created in QGIS for different people in Company? [closed]
I created a QGIS map with several different layers.
I want to know a light way method to share it locally with staff. If I can be pointed to the different export formats that may work for me in Qgis. ...
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Cloud and cloud shadow masking for old LANDSAT and ASTER images in GRASS
I am trying to remove cloud and cloud shadows for Landsat 4-5 ASTER images in GRASS GIS.
I have knowledge that detecting cloud and cloud shadow pixels which is >(255*0.2), but I cannot figure out ...
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How to create a web map which can't be traced back to yourself? [closed]
Hypothetically speaking (of course) say that you wanted to do a Wikileaks-style exposé of some spatial data, without it being traceable back to yourself.
The data could be points, line and polygons (...
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ESRI ArcGIS for Server AMI for Amazon EC2 reserved instances
I read several online documents on using ESRI's Cloud Builder to optmimally set and fire up ArcServer AMIs on Amazon EC2. However, everything seems oriented toward selecting and launching on-demand ...
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Encryption of spatial data, GIS access and cloud synchronization
I'd like to encrypt a folder of many spatial datasets (rasters and shapes) because my office computer is shared with others. I've never used this kind of security but I think I should preserve my data ...
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WMS Layers from Azure Geoserver not loading with multiple users
I am loading multiple WMS layers into a leaflet web application from an Azure virtual machine Geoserver that pulls data from a PostGIS database on the same machine.
The layers load through quickly ...
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GIS Cloud Publisher for ArcMap extension does not work
GIS Cloud Publisher is an extension from GISCLOUD.COM that allows one to publish from ArcMap to GIS cloud directly. I followed the instruction provided on the website concerning the installation but ...
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Is it possible to host MapServer in the cloud, specifically in Azure?
Can MapServer be hosted in the cloud?
I presume as a virtual machine, or is it possible to have it as an Azure Web App, and avoid the hassle of VM maintenance
And by cloud, I mean Microsoft ... but ...
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Is it possible to install GeoServer On Google Cloud?
How can I can install GeoServer on Google Cloud?
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Running OpenGeoSuite on Openshift
Has anyone been able to run OpenGeoSuite on openshift using the free 3 gears? There is plenty of documentation on getting geoserver running on openshift there is even a GIT repo. However I have not ...
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QGIS Cloud shape upload runtime error
Using QGIS 2.12, Qgiscloud version 1.1.14 (on OSX 10.11). When uploading a shape (with 427 lines), I get this error:
Aanmaken van velden mislukt
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/...
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Cloud based database solution [closed]
I'm looking for a cloud based database solution where I can store about 1 GB worth of tabular data and both myself and my client can access to perform SQL queries. I'm looking for this database to ...
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Cloud-based WMS service: transactions estimator? [closed]
My organization is quite a medium-large organization (5,000 employees) and is facing some severe budget cuts. Resources are sparse and we are looking at using cloud-based service for our Base-mapping ...
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how to remove cloud values of Landsat image from R [closed]
How can I remove cloud value of the Landsat8? How can I estimate cloud values for eg: modis cloud values are from 700 to 800. By using R how can I estimate>
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Share a qGIS sales territory database across a cloud based office
The business I work for has a network of dealers across America. Dealers are assigned ZIP codes. When we have a potential dealer, we would like to create a new territory for them and integrate it into ...
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Remote geoprocessing solutions?
I have a relatively old laptop (i5 8Gb) but it is fine for most of my GIS needs. Infrequently I would like to run processes which requires larger amounts of RAM (16G+) but I cannot justify forking out ...
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What is the best way to manage geodata with open source software?
We are a small group of GIS users with different expertises embedded in an administrative infrastructure attempting to switch to a small and low cost open source infrastructure (open source GDI). ...
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Looking for cloud hosting similar to QGIS cloud [closed]
I have about 6 or 7 large clients who each require some form of personalised online mapping service.
My aim is to produce a secure login required database for each client using my shapefiles and ...
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What free or open source cloud-based software is recommended by/for the GIS community?
Note: This question is intended to complement an earlier question on installed, desktop software.
What GIS-related, or even non-GIS-specific, web- or cloud-based software/tools/services -- that are ...
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Is it possible to use AcuGIS with QGIS?
Has anyone use AcuGIS, a web hosting service for PostGIS and GeoServe? I am curious to see how it works with QGIS. I am looking at some cloud hosting services for PostGIS and I would like to be able ...
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Have there been any geospatial applications run in OpenStack by non-governmental entities?
This whitepaper about NASA's Nebula project, describes how cloud computing was used by NASA's Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center to identify damage scars left by tornadoes.
Since ...
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Options for Open Source Cloud GIS? [closed]
I'm looking for an open source cloud GIS solution.
Current situation:
Up to 100gb of data stored in file geodatabases that is updated daily. Data is used to create maps as well as geoprocessing ...
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Seeking cloud-based alternatives to Google Fusion Tables? [closed]
I'm a beginner in web-mapping. I was playing around with Fusion Tables, but I realized that I had too much data to display.
What are some alternatives to Fusion tables?
I have 9 layers of data (...
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Google Drive and Backing-up/Syncing GIS Data [closed]
Seeing that many of us have three computers these days (e.g.. work, home and laptop) is anyone using Google Drive as their main file repository for GIS data? I like the idea of backing everything up ...
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Large dataset processing via cloud computing
I need to process a large dataset. Aside from processing locally on my computer, can I install, for instance, arcgis10 on a cloud service like amazon. I don't have esri server, only arcgis10.
I'm ...
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Programming a geoweb application for cloud. What does it imply?
I've recently started to develop a geoweb application using GeoDjango + PostGIS in the backend, HTML5 + JS in the frontend. I'm really at the beginning, so, I have time to change a lot of things.
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Distributed & Cloud GIS Resources
Are there any definitive research papers, web resources, or (text)books on distributed GIS? Topics I'm interested in are:
Parallelism of sequential spatial algorithms
Frameworks for implementing GIS ...
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What's your view on the direction of GIS? [closed]
I am a long standing GIS developer and consultant. I am often asked, is there still a place for Desktop GIS, to which I, currently, answer, of course; if there are jobs specific to individuals, you ...
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Online/cloud storage options for GIS file-based data [closed]
I am currently looking into online/cloud-based storage solutions in general and also for my GIS data which consists of shapefiles, rasters, file geodatabases, and the like (no relational databases). ...
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Google Fusion Tables vs Amazon Web Services: which is better for GIS data?
What are the pros/cons for storing storing spatial data in Google Fusion Tables versus Amazon Web Services?
Factors would include: Cost, performance, ease of update.
