Geographic Visualization & Analysis

on

the Web Free and Open Source Software

using

Alex Mandel. University of California, Davis. May 2012 Information Center for the Environment http://ice.ucdavis.edu
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

http://horn.wfp.org/main.html

MapBox/TileMill

http://mapbox.com

MapBox/TileMill

http://mapstory.org/maps/149

MapStory/Geonode

http://virtualkenya.org/maps-viewer/maps

MapStory/Geonode

http://www.protectedplanet.net/

CartoDB

http://viz-carbontool.appspot.com

CartoDB

http://cartodb.com/

CartoDB

http://www.oilspill.labucketbrigade.org/main

Ushahidi/Crowdmap

http://ushahidi.com/ - https://crowdmap.com/

Ushahidi/Crowdmap

http://geocommons.com/

Geocommons

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

OpenStreetMap

http://hot.openstreetmap.org/

OpenStreetMap

FreeandOpenSource
CommonMisconceptions
Freeware/Shareware Unstable Hardtouse $0 ForHobbyists NotCommercial

SowhatisOpenSource?

FreedomtoInnovate Awaytoescapefromvendorlockin Anopportunitytobeagoodneighbor Freewill

Whousesopensource?

Firefox LibreOffice/OpenOffice Thunderbird Filezilla Inkscape GIMP Audacity Python R Android Linux

Google Amazon Facebook IBM Hulu Apple 499ofthetop500 supercomputersrun Linux/Unix/BSDNov2011

Isitoneormany?
SampleComparisonofProprietaryoptionsvsOpenSource
ArcMap Geoprocessing Spatial Analyst 3D Analyst Geodatabase ArcSDE ArcGIS Server Flex,JS or Java API GPS Analyst Imagery Analyst (ERDAS) Geoportal1, Metadata Catalog Geostatisticl Analyst .Net, Python scripting QGIS, OpenJump, Udig, GvSIG Ftools Plugin, GRASS, SAGA, SEXTANTE GRASS, SAGA GRASS, OSSIM Spatialite PostGIS QGIS Server, Geoserver, Mapserver, Deegree, 52N OpenLayers, Geomoose, Modest Maps Time Manager Plugin, EVIS Plugin Orfeo, Opticks, ILWIS Geonetwork, Geonode R Python, Java, Php, C, C++, .Net, JS

1. ESRI Geoportal was released under an open source license. 2. Many add-ons (aka plugins, or libraries) in R address spatial statistics

OSGeoLive http://live.osgeo.org

Video Booting OSGeo Live

Linksyoushouldhave

http://www.osgeo.orgCommunity http://www.openstreetmap.org/WikiMapofWorld http://publiclaboratory.orgDIYRemoteSensing

MapKnitter,onlinegeoregistrationhttp://mapknitter.org/

http://qgiscloud.com/Pushmapstoweb http://qgis.orgDesktopGIS http://slashgeo.orgNews http://gis.stackexchange.com/Forums http://naturalearthdata.comFreedataforprettymaps

InterestingCompanies

DevelopmentSeed(http://developmentseed.org/) FortiusOne(www.geocommons.com) OpenGeo(www.opengeo.orgakaOpenPlanningProject) StamenDesigns(http://stamen.com/) RefractionsResearch(http://www.refractions.net/) Cloudmade(http://cloudmade.com/) Geofabrik(http://www.geofabrik.de/) Sourcepole(http://www.sourcepole.com) etc...