levohuutri / geovolume-server

GeoVolume Server

This GeoVolume Server is an implementation of a simple NodeJs server that is able to receive GeoVolume API request (as describe here).

To know more about what is the GeoVolume API, go here

Geovolume collection

The collection of GeoVolume used is on assets/collections.json and represent the following geovolumes :

Lyon_Metropole 
├── 2015
    ├── Limonest_2015 : citygml, 3dtiles
        ├── Batiment_carl : 3dtiles
    ├── Bron_2015 : citygml, 3dtiles
├── 2018     
    ├── Limonest_2018 : citygml, 3dtiles

Installation

The server can be locally (on your desktop) started in the following way :

npm install
npm start      

Then, it should be accessible through your favorite web-browser on http://localhost:3000.

Pre-requisites for installing the template application

As for any JavaScript application, the central building/running tool is npm (Node Package Manager) whose installation process is OS dependent:

• Ubuntu

  • Installation

    sudo apt-get install npm    ## Will pull NodeJS
    sudo npm install -g n     
    sudo n latest

  • References: how can I update Nodejs, and install Ubuntu

• Windows

  • Installing from the installer

  • Installing with the CLI

    iex (new-object net.webclient).downstring(‘https://get.scoop.sh’)
    scoop install nodejs