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