5 Open Source GIS Geospatial Software for Archaeology: Towards Its Integration Into Everyday Archaeological Practice
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Quick Guide to Free Geoinformatics for Disaster Management
Disaster Risk Reduction Research Group - Centre for Applied Geoscience School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Portsmouth, UK. Quick Guide to Free Geoinformatics for Disaster Management Mathias Leidig & Richard Teeuw April 2016 (version 2.3) Copyright statement: This work is published under the creative commons license 3 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). The license grants you to share, copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this document for non-commercial purposes under share alike conditions (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). Please refer to this document and its authors when modifying. Disaster Risk Reduction Research Group - Centre for Applied Geoscience School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Portsmouth, UK. Contents Introduction ................................................................................................ 3 1. Free datasets ....................................................................................... 4 Table 1: Geospatial data sources ............................................................ 4 2. Free Software ................................................................................... 13 Table 2.1. Free GIS software .............................................................. 15 Table 2.2. Free image processing software ......................................... 17 Table 2.3. Free data viewer ................................................................. 20 Table 2.4. GoogleEarth related tools ................................................... 20 Mini -
Pyqgis Developer Cookbook Release 2.18
PyQGIS developer cookbook Release 2.18 QGIS Project April 08, 2019 Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Run Python code when QGIS starts.................................1 1.2 Python Console............................................2 1.3 Python Plugins............................................3 1.4 Python Applications.........................................3 2 Loading Projects 7 3 Loading Layers 9 3.1 Vector Layers.............................................9 3.2 Raster Layers............................................. 11 3.3 Map Layer Registry......................................... 11 4 Using Raster Layers 13 4.1 Layer Details............................................. 13 4.2 Renderer............................................... 13 4.3 Refreshing Layers.......................................... 15 4.4 Query Values............................................. 15 5 Using Vector Layers 17 5.1 Retrieving information about attributes............................... 17 5.2 Selecting features........................................... 18 5.3 Iterating over Vector Layer...................................... 18 5.4 Modifying Vector Layers....................................... 20 5.5 Modifying Vector Layers with an Editing Buffer.......................... 22 5.6 Using Spatial Index......................................... 23 5.7 Writing Vector Layers........................................ 23 5.8 Memory Provider........................................... 24 5.9 Appearance (Symbology) of Vector Layers............................. 26 5.10 Further -
Remotely Execute GRASS GIS Scripts on Your Server
g.remote Remotely execute GRASS GIS scripts on your server Vaclav Petras Center for Geospatial Analytics OSGeo Research and Education Laboratory North Carolina State University May 7, 2015 cba GRASS GIS: g.remote NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics 1 / 12 Server for everybody there are servers, HPC clusters, clouds lying around once somebody set it up, it’s easy to get to it if you know what ssh -X means and you also want to work locally in the same environment GRASS GIS: g.remote NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics 2 / 12 Tangible Landscape currently locked to MS Windows desktop needs powerful processing backend for larger simulations pure in-cloud or client-server with WPS would be overkill GRASS GIS: g.remote NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics 3 / 12 g.remote developed for hybrid desktop-server workflow tests of processing or part of processing locally store and process the big data on a server synchronous processing easily to integrate into scripts GRASS GIS: g.remote NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics 4 / 12 Usage Basic call in command line g.remote user=john server=example.com \ grassdata=/grassdata \ location=nc_spm mapset=practice1 \ grass_script=/path/to/script.py data are stored on the server Python script is local and transferred to the server GRASS GIS: g.remote NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics 5 / 12 Usage Addition of inputs and outputs g.remote ... \ raster=elevation \ output_raster=waterflow data are transfered to and from the server GRASS GIS: g.remote NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics 6 / 12 Usage GRASS GIS: g.remote NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics 7 / 12 Architecture Three layers connection to server (class) Paramiko ssh + scp (OpenSSH Client) can accommodate web-based applications or local programs GRASS session (class) runs GRASS modules, scripts and Python code inside GRASS session using the connection transports GRASS data (maps, region, . -
Assessmentof Open Source GIS Software for Water Resources
Assessment of Open Source GIS Software for Water Resources Management in Developing Countries Daoyi Chen, Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool César Carmona-Moreno, EU Joint Research Centre Andrea Leone, Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool Shahriar Shams, Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool EUR 23705 EN - 2008 The mission of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability is to provide scientific-technical support to the European Union’s Policies for the protection and sustainable development of the European and global environment. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability Contact information Cesar Carmona-Moreno Address: via fermi, T440, I-21027 ISPRA (VA) ITALY E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +39 0332 78 9654 Fax: +39 0332 78 9073 http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ Legal Notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa.eu/ JRC [49291] EUR 23705 EN ISBN 978-92-79-11229-4 ISSN 1018-5593 DOI 10.2788/71249 Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities © European Communities, 2008 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged Printed in Italy Table of Content Introduction............................................................................................................................4 1. -
QGIS Server 3.16 User Guide
QGIS Server 3.16 User Guide QGIS Project Sep 29, 2021 CONTENTS 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Started 3 2.1 Installation on Debian-based systems ................................. 3 2.1.1 Apache HTTP Server .................................... 4 2.1.2 NGINX HTTP Server .................................... 6 2.1.3 Xvfb ............................................. 10 2.2 Installation on Windows ....................................... 11 2.3 Serve a project ............................................ 14 2.4 Configure your project ........................................ 15 2.4.1 WMS capabilities ...................................... 16 2.4.2 WFS capabilities ...................................... 17 2.4.3 WCS capabilities ...................................... 17 2.4.4 Fine tuning your OWS ................................... 17 2.5 Integration with third parties ..................................... 17 2.5.1 Integration with QGIS Desktop ............................... 17 2.5.2 Integration with MapProxy ................................. 17 2.5.3 Integration with QWC2 ................................... 18 3 Services 19 3.1 Web Map Service (WMS) ...................................... 19 3.1.1 GetMap ........................................... 20 3.1.2 GetFeatureInfo ....................................... 27 3.1.3 GetPrint ........................................... 30 3.1.4 GetLegendGraphics ..................................... 32 3.1.5 GetProjectSettings ...................................... 33 3.2 Web Feature Service (WFS) .................................... -
Introduction to QGIS: Download and Install
Introduction to QGIS: Download and Install University of Colorado Denver Facility for Advanced Spatial Technology [email protected] Annotations Computer Science Crash Cource What is QGIS? Download QGIS is a free and open source Geographic Information System. This To get started with QGIS you will need to download the software means that a user has the ability to create, export and design maps, which matches your system. You will most likely be choosing much in the same way you would using and ArcMap. The upside, as between Windows or Mac, and you will also need to know compared with ESRI products, is that QGIS is free for anyone to whether your system is 64bit ot 32bit. download and use. QGIS can run on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and even Android. To follow along with the instructions visit: https://www.qgis.org Why use QGIS? The mian reason someone would want to use QGIS is the fact that it is free and open source. Again, this means that anyone can use it free of charge, and on many different systems. What do I need to get started? This document will show the steps necessary for getting started with QGIS. For basic cartography and map design, almost any computer from the last ten years can run QGIS, which is a large upside compared with beefier programs like ArcMap and ArcPro. That being said a minimum of two cores is highly recommended, as well as about 5GB of free space on your hard drive for the program and files. 2 • facility for advanced spatial technology Annotations Computer Science Crash Cource Step One: Once you have navigated to the QGIS homepage, select the green “Download Now” button. -
Gvsig a Real Tool for GIS Technicians
gvSIG a real tool for GIS technicians Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas [email protected] International Geodetic Students Meeting 05/05/08 · Valencia Agenda Origins of the project What is gvSIG? OK, but what can gvSIG do for me now? The near and mid-term future Conclusions IGSM · Valencia · 05/05/08 gvSIG a real tool for GIS technicians 2 Origins What is gvSIG? Capabilities Origins of the project Future Conclusions In 2003 CIT decides to migrate to Free Software (gvPONTIS), why? Better usage of incoming budget Promote local industry Technology independence At this time, no free CAD or GIS available Launch a brand new project From a local to a global project IGSM · Valencia · 05/05/08 gvSIG a real tool for GIS technicians 3 Origins What is gvSIG? Capabilities a desktop GIS Future Conclusions A classical geographical information tool Retrieve data Edit and analyse Output results IGSM · Valencia · 05/05/08 gvSIG a real tool for GIS technicians 4 Origins What is gvSIG? Capabilities a desktop GIS Future Conclusions IGSM · Valencia · 05/05/08 gvSIG a real tool for GIS technicians 5 Origins What is gvSIG? Capabilities a desktop GIS Future Conclusions Main characteristics: Developed in Java Runs in Windows, GNU/Linux and MacOS Modular and extensible Fast development Quite similar to ESRI ArcView 3.2 interface Uses the best Free Software components IGSM · Valencia · 05/05/08 gvSIG a real tool for GIS technicians 6 Origins What is gvSIG? Capabilities free software Future Conclusions It's Free Software (GPL), so you can Use it for whatever you want Study how it works (and adapt it) Redistribute it Improve it translating adding new features .. -
AGD Landscape & Environment 6 (2) 2012. 76-92. COMPARISON of the MOST POPULAR OPEN-SOURCE GIS SOFTWARE in the FIELD of LANDS
AGD Landscape & Environment 6 (2) 2012. 76-92. COMPARISON OF THE MOST POPULAR OPEN-SOURCE GIS SOFTWARE IN THE FIELD OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY SZEMÁN ISTVÁN1 1University of Debrecen, Department of Landscape Protection and Environmental Geography, Debrecen, 4032, Egyetem tér 1. E-mail: [email protected] Received 2 March 2012; accepted in revised form 21 December 2012 Abstract GIS (Geographic Information System) software is a very useful tool in modern landscape ecology research. With its help data can be obtained which can - after processing - help to understand and demonstrate the processes taking place in the landscape. Since direct environmental measurements and sampling from a large area are, in many cases, difficult or even impossible, modelling with GIS tools is very important in the workflow of landscape research and landscape analysis. In this article we review the best known open source GIS systems and geographic information tools with possibilities for landscape ecology application. Furthermore we will introduce all the basic concepts that are associated with these open source software programmes. We provide a comparative analysis of the most widely used open source GIS applications, where, through a specific example, we will examine how these tools are used to produce basic landscape metric indicators. We will examine those functions of the programmes that are necessary to produce a complete thematic map, and finally we will emphasize various other important functions of the software to give adequate information for those users who choose open source code GIS tools, for financial reasons or otherwise, to complete a landscape ecology analysis. Our opinion is that this type of comparison is much more informative than those done by proprietary software, because these latter are all based on a basic data library, and therefore yield similar results (proj4, gdal/ogr, jts/geos, etc.) to their ‘paid’ competitors. -
System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses (SAGA) V. 2.1.4
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 1991–2007, 2015 www.geosci-model-dev.net/8/1991/2015/ doi:10.5194/gmd-8-1991-2015 © Author(s) 2015. CC Attribution 3.0 License. System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses (SAGA) v. 2.1.4 O. Conrad1, B. Bechtel1, M. Bock1,2, H. Dietrich1, E. Fischer1, L. Gerlitz1, J. Wehberg1, V. Wichmann3,4, and J. Böhner1 1Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany 2scilands GmbH, Goetheallee 11, 37073 Göttingen, Germany 3LASERDATA GmbH, Technikerstr. 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria 4alpS – Center for Climate Change Adaptation, Grabenweg 68, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria Correspondence to: B. Bechtel ([email protected]) Received: 12 December 2014 – Published in Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss.: 27 February 2015 Revised: 05 June 2015 – Accepted: 08 June 2015 – Published: 07 July 2015 Abstract. The System for Automated Geoscientific Analy- 1 Introduction ses (SAGA) is an open source geographic information sys- tem (GIS), mainly licensed under the GNU General Public License. Since its first release in 2004, SAGA has rapidly During the last 10 to 15 years, free and open source software developed from a specialized tool for digital terrain analy- (FOSS) became a recognized counterpart to commercial so- sis to a comprehensive and globally established GIS plat- lutions in the field of geographic information systems and form for scientific analysis and modeling. SAGA is coded science. Steiniger and Bocher (2009) give an overview of in C CC in an object oriented design and runs under sev- free and open source geographic information system (GIS) eral operating systems including Windows and Linux. -
GRASS GIS 6.3 Command List
d.erase Erase the contents of the active display frame with user defined color d.extend Set window region so that all currently displayed raster, vector and sites maps can be shown in a monitor. d.extract Select and extract vectors with mouse into new vector map d.font.freetype Selects the font in which text will be displayed on the user’s graphics monitor. d.font Selects the font in which text will be displayed on the user’s graphics monitor. d.frame Manages display frames on the user’s graphics monitor. GRASS GIS 6.3 Command list d.geodesic Displays a geodesic line, tracing the shortest distance between two geographic points 20 Novermber 2006 along a great circle, in a longitude/latitude data set. d.graph Program for generating and displaying simple graphics on the display monitor. d.grid Overlays a user-specified grid in the active display frame on the graphics monitor. Command types: d.his Displays the result obtained by combining hue, intensity, and saturation (his) values from user-specified input raster map layers. d.* display commands d.histogram Displays a histogram in the form of a pie or bar chart for a user-specified raster file. db.* database commands d.info Display information about the active display monitor g.* general commands d.labels Displays text labels (created with v.label) to the active frame on the graphics monitor. i.* imagery commands d.legend Displays a legend for a raster map in the active frame of the graphics monitor. m.* miscellanous commands d.linegraph Generates and displays simple line graphs in the active graphics monitor display ps.* postscript commands frame. -
The State of Open Source GIS
The State of Open Source GIS Prepared By: Paul Ramsey, Director Refractions Research Inc. Suite 300 – 1207 Douglas Street Victoria, BC, V8W-2E7 [email protected] Phone: (250) 383-3022 Fax: (250) 383-2140 Last Revised: September 15, 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 SUMMARY ...................................................................................................4 1.1 OPEN SOURCE ........................................................................................... 4 1.2 OPEN SOURCE GIS.................................................................................... 6 2 IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGES ........................................................7 2.1 SURVEY OF ‘C’ PROJECTS ......................................................................... 8 2.1.1 Shared Libraries ............................................................................... 9 2.1.1.1 GDAL/OGR ...................................................................................9 2.1.1.2 Proj4 .............................................................................................11 2.1.1.3 GEOS ...........................................................................................13 2.1.1.4 Mapnik .........................................................................................14 2.1.1.5 FDO..............................................................................................15 2.1.2 Applications .................................................................................... 16 2.1.2.1 MapGuide Open Source...............................................................16 -
Qgis-1.0.0-User-Guide-En.Pdf
Quantum GIS User, Installation and Coding Guide Version 1.0.0 ’Kore’ Preamble This document is the original user, installation and coding guide of the described software Quantum GIS. The software and hardware described in this document are in most cases registered trademarks and are therefore subject to the legal requirements. Quantum GIS is subject to the GNU General Public License. Find more information on the Quantum GIS Homepage http://qgis.osgeo.org. The details, data, results etc. in this document have been written and verified to the best of knowledge and responsibility of the authors and editors. Nevertheless, mistakes concerning the content are possible. Therefore, all data are not liable to any duties or guarantees. The authors, editors and publishers do not take any responsibility or liability for failures and their consequences. Your are always welcome to indicate possible mistakes. This document has been typeset with LATEX. It is available as LATEX source code via subversion and online as PDF document via http://qgis.osgeo.org/documentation/manuals.html. Translated versions of this document can be downloaded via the documentation area of the QGIS project as well. For more information about contributing to this document and about translating it, please visit: http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/DocumentationWritersCorner Links in this Document This document contains internal and external links. Clicking on an internal link moves within the document, while clicking on an external link opens an internet address. In PDF form, internal links are shown in blue, while external links are shown in red and are handled by the system browser.