Scope and potentiality of free and open sourceScope and potentiality of free and open sourceScope and potentiality of free and open sourceScope and potentiality of free and open source
Geospatial toolsGeospatial toolsGeospatial toolsGeospatial tools
in biodiversity conservationin biodiversity conservationin biodiversity conservationin biodiversity conservation
Dr . P. Rama Chandra PrasadDr . P. Rama Chandra PrasadDr . P. Rama Chandra PrasadDr . P. Rama Chandra Prasad
Lab for Spatial InformaticsLab for Spatial InformaticsLab for Spatial InformaticsLab for Spatial Informatics
International Institute of Information TechnologyInternational Institute of Information TechnologyInternational Institute of Information TechnologyInternational Institute of Information Technology
HyderabadHyderabadHyderabadHyderabad
Biodiversity Conservation
Status of species Data collection –methods?
Single time / Static
inventory
Lack of temporal data
Open data?
Crowd sourcingData mapping and
VisualizationCrowd sourcing
How far open data
Is in usable format
/how many are aware
Of such data
Visualization
Analysis using
multi-layer approach
Correlate parameters
InferencesData on web FOSS4G
TOOLSSoftware?
What these software can do?
Data
Creation
Editing
Georeference
ProjectionProjection
Query
Analysis
Interpolate
Symbology
Map print
Special Models
GRASSWatershed modeling
Erosion and transportation models
Landscape modeling SAGA (System for automated Geoscientific
Analyses)Terrain analysis (water shed modeling)
Simulation - Cell automata
Modeling the human impact on natureModeling the human impact on nature
Fire spreading
Hydrology – Top model
ILWIS (Integrated Land and
Water Information System)DEM-Hydro processing
Stereo pair from DTM
Interpolation
OSSIM (Open Source Software
Image Map)Sensor Model
Hyperspectral capable
Land use change from 1976 to Land use change from 1976 to
2005 2005
MSS-20th Jan 1974TM 11th Nov 1989
TM 31st Jan 2005
100 % 40%HumidityHigh Low
High LowAltitude gradientAltitude gradient
20 oC 40 oCAir Temperature
10 oC 40 oCSoil TemperatureLow High
Interpolation with environmental variables taken in the field