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Course: Software Development for Open-source GIS

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Course title Software Development for Open-source GIS
Course code KGI/PGVSP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Voženílek Vít, prof. RNDr. CSc.
  • Hofierka Jaroslav, doc. Mgr. PhD.
Course content
The course is focused on creation and development of open-source tools for geographic information systems with open code (eg GRASS GIS, SAGA GIS, Quantum GIS, R, MeshLab). In the introductory part, the student gets acquainted with the concept of open-source software, license terms for using software and its source code. System and application conditions and possibilities of development of own tools will be characterized for selected systems. The practical tasks are conceived as part of the solution of tasks for specific topics of dissertation theses. Key topics are: open source / free software in geospatial software development, licensing terms and intellectual property protection, structure, organization of creation, and technical aspects of creating open source software, community model of software creation, programmer-user interaction, application capabilities in selected areas, interconnection of various software in solving geospatial tasks in application practice.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Elaborating essays on a selected topic comprehensively describing the open-source concept of selected software and the practical results documented by the functional source code for the selected geospatial operation.
Recommended literature
  • Portál Quantum GIS.
  • Hall, G. B., Leahy, M. G. (2008). Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling. Springer.
  • Hlásny, T. (2007). Geografické informačné systémy - priestorové analýzy. Zephyros a Národné lesnícke centrum, Zvolen.
  • Hofierka, J., Kaňuk, J., Gallay, M. (2014). Geoinformatika. Vysokoškolská učebnica, Košice, Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach.
  • Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M.F., Maguire, D.J., Rhind, D.M. (2005). Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Management and Applications. Wiley&Sons.
  • Neteler, M., Bowman, M. H., Landa, M., Metz, M. (2012). GRASS GIS: A multi-purpose open source GIS. Environmental Modelling & Software 31.
  • Neteler, M., Mitasova, H. (2007). Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach. The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science: Vol. 773, Springer, New York.
  • Petrasova, A., Harmon, B., Petras, V., Tabrizian, P., Mitasova, H. (2018). Tangible Modeling with Open Source GIS. Cham, Springer.
  • Sherman, G. (2008). Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet with Open Source. Pragmatic Bookshelf.


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Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 14.06.2025 23:55. Data created for academic year 2024/2025