Abstract The planning and execution of any economic policy for the nation like India has to begin with villages. Government of India has recently launched new programmes like ‘Digital India’ which is an initiative to create the digital infrastructure, digital
Social Forestry Information System (SOFIS): Standalone software for holistic planning of Social Forestry activities
Abstract Social forestry aims at raising plantations for the common man so as to meet the growing demand for timber, fuel wood, fodder, etc., thereby reducing the pressure on the notified or protected forest areas. Through the social forestry scheme,
Forest fire weather based danger rating for the state Madhya Pradesh
Abstract Madhya Pradesh experiences forest fires frequently every year with a peak during the months of February to May and it is estimated that the proportion of forest areas prone to fires annually ranges from 50-60%. So, effective forest fire
Crowdsourcing application in bio-resource information retrieval
Abstract Conventionally, crowdsourcing is the process of obtaining information as an input into a particular task or project in the form of needed services, ideas, content or by requesting contributions from a crowd of people. Crowdsourcing is the prodigy of
aeGIS
Abstract aeGIS – anytime everywhere Geographical Information System helps cities get a bird’s eye view of their situation and their needs, using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology. Photograph a city from space, magnify it, look at a few streets in
Spatio-Temporal analysis for finding migration patterns in Andhra Pradesh using RWeka
Abstract In the last few decades, certain urban centers in Andhra Pradesh have witnessed tremendous growth attracting people from neighboring areas for better opportunities. This has resulted in a large inflow of people into these urban centers. For example, in
Application of Ordinary Kriging on Educational Data using FOSS4G
Abstract Geographic Information Systems along with Remote Sensing have aided almost all the areas ranging from Mining, Geosciences, Hydrology, Fisheries, and Environmental to Economical, Socio-Economical, Health and many additional domains. Interpolations like Splines, Inverse Distance Weighting, and Kriging being very
Experiences from training midlevel professionals in Open Source Geospatial Technologies
Abstract Open source technologies have played a major role in making the lives of developers easier. It has provided them an accessible and active community as well as the freedom to modify, reuse and most importantly understand the underlying concept
QGIS Customization for defence needs
Abstract Geographic information System (GIS) have become a tool with widespread use in numerous application based on location. GIS engine/ platform play a crucial role in designing & developing any location based service software or geo spatial analysis software. There
gvSIG Case studies
Abstract gvSIG is an open source geographic information system (GIS), that is, a desktop application designed for capturing, storing, handling, analyzing and deploying any kind of referenced geographic information in order to solve complex management and planning problems. gvSIG is