====== Access Instructions ======

A server with GIS software is available for remote login. Select the appropriate x2goclient at http://www.x2go.org/download:start and/or find more complete instructions in [[helpdocs:x2go:start|x2go documentation]]. If you are in the unix lab (244) x2go is already installed, under the internet program grouping.

Use the following x2go settings:

  * Host: gisdev.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu
  * login: your CS domain (not email) username
  * <del>Session type: GNOME (KDE is the default)</del>
  * UPDATE:  We are now recommending to use a Custom Desktop with Command: startxfce4
  * Display:  A minimum of 1024x768 is recommended for Google Earth

A directory (/home/shared/<<>>) is available for common files, such as the GRASS database.

====== Installed Software ======

**Google Earth** (GIS)http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

Located under Science in the Applications menu.

Note that the graphics driver selection is flaky for Google Earth in a Linux environment because DirectX is not directly installed.  It is still recommended to click Yes (To switch to 'DirectX' mode') when you start Google Earth.  Often the program crashes on start up, just start the program again and continue to select Yes.  After getting past this initialization bug, we have not noticed any other stability issues.

**GRASS** (GIS) http://grass.fbk.eu/index.php

Start from a command line with: grass70
  * Overview presentation: http://geostat-course.org/system/files/GRASS_geostat_landau_2011_intro.pdf
  * Tutorial for version 6.4, may be some differences in 7.0: http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/docs/tutorial_64_en/htdocs/esercitazione/index.html

**R** (statistics software) R-Project http://www.r-project.org/

Start from a command line with: R
  * Quick overview (from assumption you already can program other languages): http://www.johndcook.com/R_language_for_programmers.html
  * MatLab cross reference: http://www.math.umaine.edu/~hiebeler/comp/matlabR.html