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Vulnerability Assessment Using Free And Open Source Software (Foss) And Open Source Data: Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines, Glenn Depra
Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference Proceedings
In recent years, the city of Davao has been experiencing floods all throughout the year. Things like flooded streets, overflowing of rivers, stranded commuters, and residents fleeing to evacuation centres are now considered normal especially if an heavy rain will continue for more than an hour. The positive economic growth of the city is attributed to its strategic location and favourable climate since it is considered to be typhoon free unlike the national capital region Manila and other major cities in the Visayas region. But these changing climate patterns can affect these upward economic growth if the local government units …
Educating 21st Century Geospatial Technology Industryworkers With Open Source Software, Phillip Davis
Educating 21st Century Geospatial Technology Industryworkers With Open Source Software, Phillip Davis
Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference Proceedings
The global geospatial technology industry, in a study by UK-based Oxera commissioned by Google in January 2013, has been estimated at $150 USD billion to $270 USD billion per year ($110 billion euro to $199 billion euro). In a similar US-focused study, also commissioned by Google in 2013, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) found the geospatial services industry employs approximately 500,000 people and generates around $75 (USD) billion in annual revenue ($55 billion euro). By any measure, the geospatial industry is large one, in both the US and globally. With this explosive growth, combined with the current generation of geospatial …
Web–Based Participatory Gis With Data Collection On The Field – A Prototype Architecture, Maria Brovelli, Marco Minghini, Giorgio Zamboni
Web–Based Participatory Gis With Data Collection On The Field – A Prototype Architecture, Maria Brovelli, Marco Minghini, Giorgio Zamboni
Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference Proceedings
The rise of Web 2.0 and the current, unprecedented diffusion of mobile devices have laid new foundations for the development of PGIS (Participatory GIS). This study evaluates the possibility of exploiting FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) tools to build up a PGIS prototype providing Web publication of user field-collected data. Besides increasing public awareness and collaboration, user-generated content should also enlarge the knowledge of specific phenomena up to the local level. A prototype architecture was designed and tested in relation to a simple, planning-related case study, i.e., the report of road pavement damages. Open Data Kit suite was used …