D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training, Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Bruno Chatenoux –

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 License types By default anything written down is copyrighted. The term «open source software» is more or less equivalent to «free sofware». Free software is a matter of freedom, not price. Public domain software is not copyrighted, if the source code is in the public domain, that is a special case. Copylefted sofware is free software whose distribution terms ensure that all copies of all versions carry more or less the same distribution terms, this shields the program, and its modified versions, from some of the common ways of making a program proprietary. There are many copyleft licenses, but two different copyleft licenses are usually incompatible. Then in practice nearly all copylefted software uses the GNU General Public License. If a program is free but not copylefted, then some copies or modified versions may not be free at all. For more information, see:

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Free Software categories

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 GIS history GIS is the result of various brainstorming starting in the 60s

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 GIS softwares Todays many « no cost » GIS solutions exist for a large panel of applications: Desktop GIS Scripting Web mapping For various OS And various licenses Thuban MapWindow GRASS iGeoDesktop GIS Analyst GIS Editor OrbisGIS Kosmo OpenJUMP gvSIG Desktop GIS JUMP uDig QGIS SAGA ILWIS GIS Viewer Some are dedicated to a general use, some are very specific SPRING

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Criterions for software selection Functionalities: default and extensions Documentation, tutorials: quality and availability Community: alive, project still in development, answer to questions, … License For which platform Then it is wise to have a look at recent comparison documents before to choose: Rodier A. (2010), Assessment and comparison of open source GIS solutions, UNIGE– UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Europe Steiniger S. and Bocher E. (2008), An overview on current free and open source desktop GIS developments, Int. J. of GIS Schroder D. (2007), Open source desktop GIS – Ready to use for teaching at Universities ?, Stuttgart University

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Software selection The selection focus on: Open source Desktop GIS or Remote Sensing Windows applications Various level of userfriendliness Thuban MapWindow GRASS iGeoDesktop GIS Analyst GIS Editor OrbisGIS Kosmo OpenJUMP gvSIG Desktop GIS JUMP uDig QGIS SAGA ILWIS GIS Viewer SPRING User friendly (GUI) but powerfull (plugins, connection with GRASS) Easy to install through QGIS, excellent for process automation The unique real open source solution able to perform segmentation QGIS GRASS SPRING

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Software selection for this training QGIS GDAL Ftools epsg proj

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Administrative units

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Census 2001

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Urban areas

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Population distribution

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Population distribution

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Population distribution

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Assets (buildings, infrastructures)

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Transportation

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Land cover, land use and specific vegetation

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Protected areas

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Digital Elevation Model DEM

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Profiles

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Satellite imagery

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Satellite imagery

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Open GIS Training Kingston, Jamaica 2011 Basic data presentation Satellite imagery

D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Let’s practice now !