Open Source Geospatial Tools: Enabling Decision Makers

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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_at_ecotrust.org
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Open Source GIS - What Is It?
OS GIS Web Apps (Mapserver, MapGuide, OpenLayers,
etc.)
OS GIS Desktop Apps (QGIS, GRASS, UDig Jump,
OSSIM, etc.)
OS GIS Base Tools (GDAL, FDO, PostGIS, etc.)
OS Base Tools (Apache, Compilers, etc.)
OS Core (Linux)
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Why Open Source?
Cost Freedom Community Get Good Karma Robust and
Stable Fast Development Cycle Very Low Barrier To
Community Entry Long History of Science/Academic
Involvement
BENEFITS
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Why Open Source for EBM?
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Organization Where To Start
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EBM Tool2.0
Web2.0 is just an extension of what Open Source
has been all about since the 70s. Web2.0 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 Tool2.0 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
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OCEAN2.0 An EBM Tool2.0 Endeavor
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Desktop Data Processing
QGIS
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Desktop Data Processing
GRASS
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Scenario Driven Web-Based DSTs
Gulf Project
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Model Driven Web-Based DSTs
CalZone
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Conducting Spatial Interviews

• Custom App
• Cross Platform (Win,Linux,OSX)
• Python Based
• Utilizes PyQT and PyQGIS

OpenOceanMap
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QA/QC Field Work
OpenOceanMap
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Where to go for more info

• Ecotrust
• http//www.ecotrust.org
• Reprojected
• http//www.reprojected.com
• OSGeo
• http//www.osgeo.org
• OSGIS
• Maptools - http//www.maptools.org
• FreeGIS - http//freegis.org/
• Open Source GIS - http//opensourcegis.org/
• Standards
• OGC - http//www.opengeospatial.org/
• Desktop
• GRASS - http//grass.itc.it/
• QGIS - http//qgis.org/
• OSSIM - http//www.ossim.org/
• UDIG - http//udig.refractions.net/
• JUMP http//jump-project.org/
• OpenEV - http//openev.sourceforge.net/

• Blogs - Aggregators
• http//planetosgeo.crschmidt.net/
• http//www.planetgs.com/
• http//slashgeo.org/
• Blogs - Individual
• http//www.osgeo.org/blog
• http//zcologia.com/news/
• http//openlayers.org/blog
• http//blog.qgis.org/
• http//mappinghacks.com/
• http//hobu.biz/
• http//www.reprojected.com/geoblog
• IRC
• osgeo, grass, mapserver, openlayers, etc
• Local User Group
• http//groups.google.com/group/cugos