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README.md

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 *Gisaf* is a web based GIS (Geographical Information System) initially developed
 for the CSR Goematics unit in Auroville, India.
 
+Its main audiences are local administrations which need a platform
+to develop and maintain a geographical, topological and environmental data,
+allow teams of surveyors to upload data and update the GIS in near real time,
+and collect data from a wide range of sources.
+
+Although it just works out of the box, it is primarily intended to be customized
+and extended with the data, uses, needs.
+
 ## Features
 
 - Layers defined with Python plugins or ANSI-standard categories
+- Open source industry standard interfaces (PostGIS database, OGCAPI)
 - Support of different geographical projections
 - Integrated administration interface
 - Export of data from standard formats (Geopackage, Shapefile)
 - Import and update of data managed in a well defined workflow with "baskets"
+- Acquisition of different kinds of surveyors' equipments, accuracies
+- Robust mechanisms of identification of the data sources, survey times
+- Geographical feature statuses (eg. Existing, Deprecated, Future)
 - Role-based access to data
 - Support temporal and other data for different features
+- Easy integration with IoT sensors, eg. using the MQTT protocol
 - Detailed information for all features
 - Tagging of features
 - Customizable, user triggered actions
 - Background map
 - Customizable base maps (domain specific set of layers)
 - Plugin architecture: add functions with Python packages
+- Free and open source
 
 ## Software stack
 
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 ## Installation / deployment
 
 See the documentation in the deployment directory.
+
+## Configuration
+
+Documentation is being rewritten. Please contact us.
+
+## Demo
+
+A very basic demo without any data, basically to give a feel of the user interface,
+is available [here](https://gisaf.pholmi.ydns.eu).

deployment/README.md

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-# Kubernetes deployment
+# Gisaf deployment / installation
 
-This directory contains files for deployment on Kubernetes.
+This documentation covers the specifics of Gisaf deployment, but
+it does no cover application configuration details,
+the set up of a public facing web server handling dns domain / https security.
+
+*Gisaf* is shipped as containers for easy and effective installation,
+and packages to deploy them for different environments.
+
+There are 4 containers:
+
+- Frontend (Angular build: static files, served by an nginx process,
+  eventually forwarding requests to the backend)
+- Backend (Python server)
+- Postgis database server
+- Redis server
+
+Commands below assume that they are run from their respective directories
+(`deployment/systemd`, `deployment/kubernetes`, ...).
+
+## Systemd
+
+With the help of *podman*, systemd can handle starting/restarting services, etc,
+even with a non-privileged user.
+
+The 4 containers are in the same *pod*, as it is meant primarily for a lightweight
+production environment, but this can be easily adapted.
+
+The `deployment/systemd` directory contains files used for running *Gisaf* with Systemd.
+Podman is used to facilitate the creation of the relevant services.
+
+### Deployment
+
+```sh
+cp -r * $HOME/.config/containers/systemd/
+systemctl --user daemon-reload
+systemctl --user start gisaf-pod.service
+```
+
+Environment variables for the Gisaf configuration can be added
+in the `gisaf-backend.container` file.
+
+Note that starting on system boot requires the user to be enabled accordingly with:
+
+```sh
+sudo loginctl enable-linger <username>
+```
+
+## Plain Kubernetes (no Helm)
+
+The `kubernetes` directory contains files for deployment on Kubernetes.
 
 The standard installation uses a namespace named `gisaf`.
 
-Commands below assume that they are run from this directory.
+The Kubernetes configuration is split in 2 files: `gisaf.yaml` and `config.yaml`
 
-## Plain Kubernetes
-
-2 files: `gisaf.yaml` and `config.yaml`
-
-Deploy on Kubernetes (without Helm)
+Deployment:
 
 ```sh
 kubectl create namespace gisaf
 kubectl apply -f config.yaml
+kubectl apply -f gisaf.yaml
 ```
 
-Update after modification:
+Update after modification on the server (frontend and backend):
 
 ```sh
 kubectl --namespace gisaf rollout restart deployment gisaf-server-deployment
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 ### Deploy on Kubernetes
 
+Deploying with Helm on Kubernetes makes it straightforward to
+run on cloud services.
+
 ```sh
 kubectl create namespace gisaf
 helm install gisaf helm