Development of Open Source Multimedia based Web GIS

Development of Open Source Multimedia based Web. GIS application for IIRS Campus Kapil Oberai Scientist Indian Institute of Remote Sensing India Geospatial Forum 2012

What is Open Source • Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in. (From opensource. org) 2

So What About Open Source? Four basic freedoms : The freedom to run the program, for any purpose. The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour. The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits. Why are they using it? Often free with no up front and recurring fees Anyone that can’t afford proprietary software Ability to improve/contribute Collaborative, community-based software development process 3

Open Source GIS – Desktop/Server Tools (The Players) mapserver. gis. umn. edu postgis. refractions. net/ Post. GIS / Postgre. SQL Spatial Database www. geotools. org GRASS GIS grass. itc. it 4

Features of Web. GIS Wide accessibility, users from the world can access GIS data and analysis tools over the Internet. No GIS software is required to install locally. Users can directly manipulate maps and GIS data over the Web. GIS can easily incorporate up-to-date, real-time information There are many Open Source software available for Web. GIS purpose such as Map. Server, Geo. Server, Degree etc. 5

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Satellite Data USER INTERFACE Web Browser (Visualization through Internet/ Intranet) QGIS- Generation of GIS Layers (Shapefiles) QGIS SPIT Tool (Loading Shapefile to Post. GIS Database) Spatial DB APPLICATION SERVER Apache with UMN Mapserver & KML Mapserver Web Enabled IIRS campus Application Mapserver configuration (. map) file UMN Mapserver & KML Mapserver QGIS Plugin- Generation of. map file Web Enabled IIRS Campus Application (Apache- PHP/Mapscript) DATABASE Spatial database server Postgre. SQL/ Post. GIS Data System Architecture WEB BROWSER Methodology 7

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Hugin an Open Source panorama stitcher tool was used for creating panoramic images of IIRS which can be visualized through the application to provide a realistic view of IIRS facilities to end user sitting on their workstation (http: //hugin. sourceforge. net/) PTViewer 2. 8: PTViewer is a java applet that can be used as a viewer for panoramic images. (www. fsoft. it/panorama/ptviewer. htm) 12

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