Transcript Customised MapInfo Display of Land Cover In the Low

CUSTOMISED QGIS
for
Forest Change
Detection
WHAT QGIS?
• Open source GIS software
• (GIS) application that
provides:
data viewing, editing, and
analysis capabilities
QGIS History & New??
• Version 0.0.1( July 2002)
• Version 1.8 ( June 2012)
• QGIS 1.8 has additional
features:
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QGIS Browser
QGIS Cloud
DB Manager
New??
• QGIS 1.8 has additional
Plugins:
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Terrain analysis
GPS tracking
MSSQL Spatial Support
Heat map tool
Customization etc…
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s-1-8-is-out/
QUANTUM GIS
• Easily Add Vector Layers
• Link to external Database and
import database
• Display Information on each
Island/Atoll
• Automatically change Properties
(different colors for different
land cover)
Projects
• Vegetation cover Low-Lying
Islands (Kiribati and Tuvalu).
• Vegetation cover Viti levu
• Forest change detection 19912001 & 2001-2007
Software
• QUANTUM GIS (QGIS) – Open
Source
• PYTHON
• MAPINFO 10.0
• MAPBASIC 10.0
Currently Data Transfer…
MapInfo
Quantum GIS
VECTOR LAYERS
MAPINFO
.TAB
QGIS
.SHP
RASTER
.TIFF
.IMG….etc
Database....
MAPINFO
.mb
QGIS
.csv
Export Microsoft Access MDB to
CSV
DATABASE…
Kiribati_Christmas Island
Tuvalu_Vaitupu
NOW…
 Writing custom applications (PYTHON)
 Creating web displays of work done in
QGIS making it available on Web
through Geo-node ,QGIS server etc
FUTURE PLANS
• Customize Quantum GIS and
Install with SPC (GIZ ,FAT
Department)
• Migrate all spatial layers to
PostGIS
• Migrate all tabular data to
PostgreSQL
• Documentation on SOPAC website
Thankyou….
QUESTIONS???