Web Based Spatial Decision Support System for Western Ghats System Development Configuration of CentOS operating system to establish the required software environment for the development of the Spatial Decision Support System. Installing and configuring Apache Tomcat 8 web server. Install and configure Postgresql and Postgis Spatial Database Manager. Construction of the elements according to the structure of Spatial Database. Installing PgAdmin an administration interface of PostgreSQL & PostGIS Integration of information reference Geoserver with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards Installation and configuration of GeoServer Implementation of the Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Coverage Service (WCS) standards. Geoserver integration with OpenLayers a Java script base web server. GeoExt/ExtJS for application development, Geo-Styler for layer visualization. Generating SLD’s (Styled Layer Descriptor is an XML-based mark-up language) using QGIS for styling both vector and raster data.

Geoserver Openlayers – Western Ghats 3

Geoserver Openlayers – Western Ghats States 4

Openlayers – Uttara Kannada Ecologically Sensitive Regions 5

Openlayers – Uttara Kannada PAN DB 6

Google Backend layer - Western Ghats Boundary 7

Google Backend layer - Western Ghats States 8

Uttara Kannada: Panchayats – Ecologically Sensitive Regions 9

Google Backend layer - Uttara Kannada 10

Data is being validated & Web server will be functional soon (trying to sort out few software glitches)

Sahyadri: Western Ghats Biodiversity Information System System Development Configuration of CentOS operating system Installing and configuring Apache web server. Install and configure MySQL Database Manager. Installing PhpMyAdmin an administration interface for MySQL Database Integration of Drupal Content Management System Installation and configuration of Drupal Module configuration and Development in Drupal. Drupal content building, updating and designing .

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