Abstract Urban roughness is of major importance for understanding the wind dynamics and microclimate in an urban area. Morphometric methods are ideally suited for estimation of urban roughness in an urban environment due to increasing availability of 3D urban database,
A Web GIS template for Societal-GIS: namma-mysuru.org
Abstract Digital globes like OpenStreetMap (OSM), Sahana Eden, and WorldMap are offering user friendly GIS features for public utility. Geospatial data located on a Map helps decision makers to be able to make more meaningful decisions and mapping clients can
Development of Web Based Rural Utility System Using Open Source Geospatial Tools
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,
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
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
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
Urban Water Information System (UWIS): A web based spatial decision support system for management and monitoring water utility assets
Abstract Asset management is always a crucial task in governance. Civic agencies provides different kind services to the citizens like water supply, electricity, security, transport etc. These agencies maintains a number of assets to provide various services to the citizens.