GI3009 Open Source GIS Syllabus:

GI3009 Open Source GIS Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 This course supports students ability to act autonomously and think creatively when implementing geoinformatics projects and also provide total freedom to change the programme as necessary.

UNIT I BASICS

Open Source software and Freeware, Open Source Licensing Models, W3C, WWW and Protocols– Software standards and opensource GIS-OGC, GDALand OSGeo,FOSS4G-Opensource software for Desktop GIS and WEB Mapping- Proprietary vs Opensource- OGC Standards.

UNIT II DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

Linux and Windows–PostgreSQL and Database Engines-C,C++,OOP and Java streams-GNU, Mosix–WAP and Android stack–Scripts and Macros

UNIT III DATA MODELS FOR GIS

View Graphics–Data exchanges-portability and interoperability–Raster handling and Image analysis–vector data management–Raster and vector analysis-2D/3Dvectors with topology,3D Voxel,2D Raster

UNIT IV DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND USER INTERFACE

Files vs Database-Distributed operations and Architecture–ODBC-Open source Database management tools- Database: Spatial and Attribute queries Spatial functions and Analysis–Map Server, Application Server and Database server concepts.

UNIT V OPEN SOFTWARE AND WEB MAPPING

Open Source Software: GRASS, QGIS, OSSIM, PostgreSQL and R Environment–WEB Mapping Architecture and components–WEB mapping servers-Thin clients in WEB mappingWMS,WFS,WCS,WPS and Restful web services- Open API.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:

On completion of the course, the student is expected to
CO1 Understand the concepts and protocols used in Opensource GIS.
CO2 Know the functionalities of Opensource GIS software in Desktop and Web based environments.
CO3 Understand the GIS data models
CO4 Understand the concepts of DBMS and user interface
CO5 Acquire the knowledge of open-source software in web mapping

TEXT BOOKS:

1. MitchellT(2005) Web mapping illustratedˆ,OˆReilly Media Inc.,Sebastopol, Canada
2. HelenaM(2008) Open source GIS:A GRASS GIS approachˆ,3rd edn, Springer, NewYork
3. Bill Kropla (2005) Beginning Map Server: Open Source GIS Development, A press (Springer Verlog) New york.

REFERENCES:

1. Peng, Z.R. and Tsou, M.H. Internet GIS : distributed geographic information services for the Internet and wireless networks. New York: John Wiley and Sons, New york, 2003