An Open Source GIS Applicationfor Scientific National Park Management

Byeong-Hyeok YuFuture Strategy Office, Headquarters

Korea National Park Service (KNPS) | Sep. 11th. 2015.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction to K.N.P.S

2. Institution of Open Source GIS

3. Application Cases of QGIS

1Introduction to K.N.P.S

“ Korea National Park Areas Covering 3.9% ”National Park = Protected Area

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“ 47 Million Park Visitors per 1 Year ”

Introduction to K.N.P.S

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“ 2,300 Park Rangers managing K.N.P ”Headquarters, 28 Park Offices, Research Institute, Tec-Institute, Eco-institute, etc.

Introduction to K.N.P.S

2Introduction of Open Source GIS

Trail Park Office Shelter Danger Area

DangerInformation Toilet

Campground Landscape Culture Spring View Point Parking Lot

“ Various Geospatial Data in National Parks, But... ”Only Two Persons in charge of GIS

What is the best GIS Tool for all Park Rangers?QGis

Manager

2Creation of QGIS Training Manual for Park Rangers

Creation of National Park QGIS Education Course

Offering GIS Data FreelyReflecting on Naver MapReflecting on Daum Map

Reusing Private Business MapsUsing Naver·Daum Map Open APIThere is no need to make tile maps anymore!

Self-creating of GIS DataSelf-Surveying using DGPSSelf-Data Processing with QGIS

OpenData

Institution of Open Source GIS

National Park QGIS Training Manual for Park Rangers

National Park QGIS Education Course

Offering QGIS Education

Park GIS Annual Education Course in Ministry of Environment

3Application Cases of QGIS

Mapping Natural Resource Distributions

Spatial Analysis of Wild Pigs-Infested Areas

Inhabitation Range for Formosan Deer

Mapping Natural Resource Distributions

Safety Control for Park Visitors

Converting Accident Location Data(*.CSV) to Heat Map

Geo-tagging Photo Management

Managing Geo-tagging Photos of the Trail Investigation

Trail Profile Analysis

Profile Tool-based Trail Analysis

3D Visuallization

Qgis2threejs Plugin

Development of Web Map Service

Campground Map Service for Park Visitors

Satellite Data Processing

Land Surface Temperature of Landsat 8 Satellite Data

Vegetation Health Analysis

SPOT Vegetation Time-seriesYR2000 YR2006 YR2012

When and Where Visitors have Gathered“ Mapping Visitor Density Map using QGIS ”

Tracking Log Info

Counting Machine Stat

Telecommunication Info

Protected Planet

3D Mapping using Drone

Point Clouds, Textured Digital Surface Models, Digital Elevation Models, and etc.Open Source Toolkit for processing Civilian Drone Im-

agery

Open Drone Map

National ParkSeason-themed Map Service

“ 77 Hilling Roads of Korea National Park ”

National Park3D VIEW Service

“ Visual Tracking Experiences for Weak Pedestri-ans ”

“ National Park Hiking Information (NPHI) App ”Public Service for Safety and Convenience of Park Visitors

Smartphone Application

46Trail Navigation

47Tracking

Government 3.0 Contribution using Open Source GISReceiving the President Prize (2014, 2015)

“ Open Source GIS ”“ A New Paradigm for Good Governance ”

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