Open Source Geospatial Tools Enabling Decision Makers Exploring
Open Source Geospatial Tools: Enabling Decision Makers Exploring Open Source tools available for EBM Presented at Coastal Zone 2007 by Aaron Racicot – GIS Programmer, GISP Ecotrust (www. ecotrust. org) aaronr@ecotrust. org
Open Source GIS - What Is It? OS GIS Web Apps OS GIS Desktop Apps (Mapserver, Map. Guide, Open. Layers, etc. ) (QGIS, GRASS, UDig Jump, OSSIM, etc. ) OS GIS Base Tools (GDAL, FDO, Post. GIS, etc. ) OS Base Tools (Apache, Compilers, etc. ) OS Core (Linux)
Why Open Source? BENEFITS Cost Freedom Community Get Good Karma Robust and Stable Fast Development Cycle Very Low Barrier To Community Entry Long History of Science/Academic Involvement
Why Open Source for EBM? Common Workflows Fit Well With OS GIS Tools Data Collection Model Integration Web-Based DST’s ? ? (Flexibility) Reduced Expense for Tight Budgets Software Expense Contracting/ Development Deployment and Hosting ? ? (Flexibility) Standards Based – Transparent Development Standards Focused Open Development Community Building ? ? (Flexibility)
Organization – Where To Start…
EBM Tool 2. 0 Web 2. 0 is just an extension of what Open Source has been all about since the 70’s. Web 2. 0 says that community based development, social networking, decentralization of authority, freedom to re-use, and bi-directional interaction are some of the cornerstones of a “modern web”. EBM Tool 2. 0 is no different, for it to succeed it needs to be based on transparent and agile systems, involving the technical, social, and environmental aspects of our communities. - me
OCEAN 2. 0 – An EBM Tool 2. 0 Endeavor
Desktop Data Processing QGIS
Desktop Data Processing GRASS
Gulf Project Scenario Driven Web-Based DST’s
Cal. Zone Model Driven Web-Based DST’s
Conducting Spatial Interviews Open. Ocean. Map • Custom App • Cross Platform (Win, Linux, OSX) • Python Based • Utilizes Py. QT and Py. QGIS
Open. Ocean. Map QA/QC Field Work
Where to go for more info Ecotrust Ø http: //www. ecotrust. org Reprojected Ø http: //www. reprojected. com OSGeo Ø http: //www. osgeo. org OSGIS Ø Maptools - http: //www. maptools. org Ø Free. GIS - http: //freegis. org/ Ø Open Source GIS - http: //opensourcegis. org/ Standards Ø OGC - http: //www. opengeospatial. org/ Desktop Ø GRASS - http: //grass. itc. it/ Ø QGIS - http: //qgis. org/ Ø OSSIM - http: //www. ossim. org/ Ø UDIG - http: //udig. refractions. net/ Ø JUMP – http: //jump-project. org/ Ø Open. EV - http: //openev. sourceforge. net/ Server/Web Ø Mapserver - http: //mapserver. gis. umn. edu/ Ø Map. Bender - http: //www. mapbender. org Ø Map. Builder - http: //communitymapbuilder. osgeo. org/ Ø Map. Guide OS – http: //mapguide. osgeo. org/ Ø Open. Layers - http: //www. openlayers. org/ Tools Ø Post. GIS - http: //postgis. refractions. net/ Ø Remote Sensing - http: //remotesensing. org/ Ø GDAL/OGR - http: //gdal. maptools. org/ Ø PROJ. 4 - http: //proj. maptools. org/ Ø R-Statistics - http: //www. r-project. org/ Ø GMT - http: //gmt. soest. hawaii. edu/ Blogs - Aggregators Ø http: //planetosgeo. crschmidt. net/ Ø http: //www. planetgs. com/ Ø http: //slashgeo. org/ Blogs - Individual Ø http: //www. osgeo. org/blog Ø http: //zcologia. com/news/ Ø http: //openlayers. org/blog Ø http: //blog. qgis. org/ Ø http: //mappinghacks. com/ Ø http: //hobu. biz/ Ø http: //www. reprojected. com/geoblog IRC Ø #osgeo, #grass, #mapserver, #openlayers, etc… Local User Group Ø http: //groups. google. com/group/cugos
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