H3 viewer is an interactive web application that helps visualize H3 geospatial data on a map. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing H3 Viewer on a Ubuntu Server.
We will assume that you have a working Ubuntu Server with SSH access and administrative privileges. Let's begin:
The H3 Viewer is a Node.js application, so you need to install Node.js and NPM first. Open your terminal, and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm -y
Verify the installation by running node -v and npm -v commands. You should see the versions of both Node.js and NPM installed on your system.
Next, you need to install Git, which is a version control system, to download the H3 Viewer source code. Run the following command:
sudo apt-get install git -y
Verify the installation by running git --version. You should see the Git version installed on your system.
Now, you need to clone the H3 Viewer source code from GitHub. Run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/clupasq/h3-viewer.git
This will clone the H3 Viewer repository to your current working directory. Navigate to the h3-viewer folder by running cd h3-viewer.
The H3 Viewer has some dependencies that you need to install before running the application. Run the following command to install those dependencies:
npm install
This will download and install all the necessary packages required for H3 Viewer to run.
Finally, it's time to run the H3 Viewer application. Run the following command:
npm start
This will launch the H3 Viewer application on your system. You can access the application by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install H3 Viewer on Ubuntu Server Latest. Now, you can visualize H3 geospatial data on an interactive map with ease. Enjoy!
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