Configuring Production Environments (Linux) 

• For the system to know the linux install (e.g. aws ec2) is configured as a production environment, and any other system wide configurations you have to edit the ~/.bashrc file. While this will vary by production, but an example line for a Ruby on Rails install will be “export RAILS_ENV=production” 

• In addition within the application code folder there will usually be a .env file that should be used to store machine specific configuration variables that should not be stored in public locations (e.g. Github). For example devise secret keys 

Under Mapping Technologies: 

Potree 3D map visualizer (Open Source) - www.potree.org  

Potree is a WebGL based point cloud renderer for large point clouds. Our client wanted to visualize .ply files that contained LIDAR point clouds, and this tool worked perfectly. It supports las, laz, binary ply, xyz or ptx files.