This repository contains the default WebGIS client used within the SHOGun project.

The client was initialized with create-react-geo-app.

We recommended to install the client via the prebuilt Docker image nexus.terrestris.de/repository/terrestris-public/shogun-gis-client.

Even if the client can be used without any backend providing a context configuration, it is designed to run on top of a SHOGun backend while reading the configuration from the /applications REST interface. To specify a configuration the query parameter applicationId must be set (e.g. https://localhost/client/?applicationId=18 to get the configuration for the application with the ID 18). If no ID is given (e.g. because no backend is available) or the requested application is not accessible, the client will load a fallback configuration.

Several global settings for the client can be configured via the gis-client-config.js file:

The configuration file is not bundled and will be loaded before application start from ./gis-client-config.js. Typically you want to override the file in a production environment and you can pass a custom file by mounting the desired one directly into the nginx container of the client. For example:

version: '3.7'
services:
  shogun-gis-client:
    image: nexus.terrestris.de/repository/terrestris-public/shogun-gis-client:latest
    volumes:
      - ./gis-client-config.js:/usr/share/nginx/html/gis-client-config.js
    (…)

The shogun-docker repository shows an alternative (and the preferred) way by providing the configuration file out of the root-nginx service while having support for dynamic environment variable replacement.

Checkout the repository and install all required dependencies via

npm i

While it's absolutely possible to run the client via

npm run start

to have the application available at https://localhost:8080 you usually want to start the full SHOGun stack for development. Please refer to the shogun-docker repository for further details.

The build artifact of the client can either be built via

npm run build

or directly included in an nginx based Docker image via:

docker build -t shogun-gis-client:1.0.0 .

Run docker run -p 80:80 shogun-gis-client:1.0.0 to start it locally.

In short: yes, please contribute as you see fit 😊, we're looking forward to your input.

Be bold and open PRs and issues for anything that bugs you or for all the ideas you want to share. We'd be happy to help you make your first steps or even bigger changes.