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An application of Open Source GIS

Alex Mandel

Geography Graduate GroupUniversity of California, Davis

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Rapid Development of Technology

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Software Options

B Wvs.

Black Box

Closed Source

White Box

Open Source

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Software Options

B W

Black Box

Closed Source

White Box

Open Source

Cost

AvailabilityCompatibilityTechnical barriers

Customization

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G

W

WB

G

W

+?=Sorting the pile?

3hours /1week10weeks12 people

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OpenLayers

R

Building a Stackof Software from the pile

Takes a team and theright tools

GDAL

Python

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Increasing the Collaboration

Tome of GISKnowledgeTools

ComputerScience

Knowledge

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Increasing the Collaboration

Tome of GISKnowledgeTools

ComputerScience

Knowledge

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Learning the Trade

Tools

Version Control

Subversion (SVN)

Wiki

Trac

Project Management

-Trac

Graduate Students the Foremen of Tomorrow

Techniques

Work in Teams

2-3 people

1 expert : 1 novice Break down the project

into small modules

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Workflow Algorithm

Avg. Filtering shp fileNMEA

Projection(proj4)

RINEX Post Process shp file

Standardize table format

Survey

Transform shp file

WGS84,UTM

Import to R

Tool optionRpy

shp file

Table

Stats

RMSE

Map:

Known Locations

GPS Points

RMSE Radius

Paper Map

Web Map

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Results

POINT ID X Y0 p0_T02P00 -121.7491376 38.5403902 11.6576

1 p1_T03P00 -121.7521604 38.5399308 28.8927

2 p2_T01P00 -121.7508878 38.5428883 18.7726

RMSE(ft2)SmallerPieces

Hand Holding

To Do: Software Tutorials Recruit Experts Research Examples

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Applying to the Future

New Coursework Graduate Level Undergraduate Level

Publishing: Ideas, lessons, examples,

code, knowledge and experience.

Using traditional and new tools(web).

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