GIS Open Source Software Applied to Geosciences
A special issue of Geomatics (ISSN 2673-7418).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2023) | Viewed by 33897
Special Issue Editors
2. Institute of Earth Sciences (ICT)-Porto Pole, University of Porto, 4169007 Porto, Portugal
Interests: remote sensing; image processing; environmental applications; geologic applications; GIS
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2. Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
Interests: GIS; GIS open source applications; spatial management; land use planning; spatial analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Digital mapping in the geosciences world is far from ending. Open source GIS applications are experiencing a relevant expansion with many developers and scientists around the world collaborating in the development of new applications in the GIS area, in academic and professional contexts. GIS software is an essential solution to visualize, analyze, and manipulate geospatial data, and, combined with emerging technologies, is becoming critical in solving real-world problems.
This Special Issue of Geomatics will address the implementation and use of open source GIS applications for geospatial analysis in several areas, such as climate change, environment, biology, health, risk, landscape, and ecology, among others. As well as the development of new web-based GIS solutions, which have led to easier ways to disseminate geospatial information to any user and GIS mobile applications, a powerful technology which improves the quality and speed of data collection simplifying the collaboration between field and office.
The scope of this Special Issue includes the following:
- The implementation of new methodologies in GIS open source applications
- The application of GIS open source tools in several areas: environment, health, and climate change, among others
- The implementation of databases such as PostGIS or other in GIS open source applications
- GIS technologies to manipulate big data
- Web-based GIS solutions
- Real-time data collection
Dr. Ana Cláudia Teodoro
Dr. Lia Bárbara Cunha Barata Duarte
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Open source GIS applications
- Open geospatial data
- GIS databases
- Big data
- Web-based GIS applications
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