scholarly journals Flex Projector–Interactive Software for Designing World Map Projections

2008 ◽  
pp. 12-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Jenny ◽  
Tom Patterson ◽  
Lorenz Hurni
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Map Projections ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Uniform Spacing ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Free Open Source ◽  
Mathematical Expertise

Flex Projector is a free, open-source, and cross-platform software application that allows cartographers to interactively design custom projections for small-scale world maps. It specializes in cylindrical, and pseudocylindrical projections, as well as polyconical projections with curved parallels. Giving meridians non-uniform spacing is an option for all classes of projections. The interface of Flex Projector enables cartographers to shape the projection graticule, and provides visual and numerical feedback to judge its distortion properties. The intended users of Flex Projector are those without specialized mathematical expertise, including practicing mapmakers and cartography students. The pages that follow discuss why the authors developed Flex Projector, give an overview of its features, and introduce two new map projections created by the authors with this new software: the A4 and the Natural Earth projection.

scholarly journals AN EVALUATION OF THE TRANSLATION OF THE FILM “RIO” BASED ON NEWMARK’S MODEL

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Thi Ngan
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Observational Methods ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Proper Nouns ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Free Open Source

The study evaluated the translation quality of the Vietnamese version of the film “Rio”, which was translated and dubbed in the project of MegaStar Media Ltd. Company, Vietnam in April 2011. To reach its aim, the study used four methods including analysis and comparison, which were based on Newmark’s model. In addition, statistical and observational methods were also applied to examine the synchronisation of each utterance and its translated version. The research instrument was “Aegisub”, a free open-source cross-platform subtitle editing program designed for timing and styling of subtitles. The researcher’s purpose was to see how well utterances in both versions of the flm are synchronised with each other. The research findings showed that in general, the film was well-translated in terms of structures, proper nouns, hierarchical pronouns, borrowed words and puns. Weaknesses of the translation were found in the title and several mistranslations. The study also revealed that the translated utterances were synchronised with the original ones quite well, especially in terms of duration.

scholarly journals Analisis Tingkat Kesadaran Penggunaan Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) pada Lembaga Pendidikan Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Daniel Arsa ◽  
Hafiz Nugraha
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Mozilla Firefox ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Free Open Source

In this paper, the authors conducted small-scale research to determine the awareness, utilization, and barriers of school teachers, especially for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teachers in using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). In Indonesia, the utilization of applications and operating systems in educational institutions are still dependent on popular software, it makes the process of learning in schools often mentions the names or brands of certain software that are often used and are usually proprietary. In recent years, several parties have started the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement to break the notion of using Proprietary software, FOSS is starting to be seen by users because of it’s affordability and freedom to use and contribute to developing software together. There are many FOSS that is often used such as Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox, Moodle, OJS, and many more. The Indonesian government also encourages the use of FOSS in some institutions that have been introduced to FOSS. in this research, the author uses a quantitative approach with a descriptive survey method, it takes a sample from a population and uses a questionnaire as the main data aid.  As a result, many obstacles were found that made teachers and students reluctant to use FOSS in their education, such as lack of knowledge, lack of training, availability of technology, and awareness of it.

scholarly journals Camelot – Intuitive Software for Camera Trap Data Management

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Hendry ◽  
Christopher Mann
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Data Management Software

AbstractA variety of software tools for camera trap data management have been produced over the years, though the authors encountered numerous shortcomings with each. Camelot is a new open source cross-platform software application for managing camera trap survey data.Camelot is designed to be both powerful and easy-to-use. It provides a number of innovative features, such as an extensible reporting system that serves as an integration point with specialised analysis tools. This combination of features and usability makes it a compelling alternative to existing camera trap data management software.

ANALYZING AND IMPROVING WEB APPLICATION QUALITY USING DESIGN PATTERNS

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-116
Author(s):  
Shikha Bhatia ◽  
Mr. Harshpreet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Design Pattern ◽  
Design Patterns ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Execution Speed

With the mounting demand of web applications, a number of issues allied to its quality have came in existence. In the meadow of web applications, it is very thorny to develop high quality web applications. A design pattern is a general repeatable solution to a generally stirring problem in software design. It should be noted that design pattern is not a finished product that can be directly transformed into source code. Rather design pattern is a depiction or template that describes how to find solution of a problem that can be used in many different situations. Past research has shown that design patterns greatly improved the execution speed of a software application. Design pattern are classified as creational design patterns, structural design pattern, behavioral design pattern, etc. MVC design pattern is very productive for architecting interactive software systems and web applications. This design pattern is partition-independent, because it is expressed in terms of an interactive application running in a single address space. We will design and analyze an algorithm by using MVC approach to improve the performance of web based application. The objective of our study will be to reduce one of the major object oriented features i.e. coupling between model and view segments of web based application. The implementation for the same will be done in by using .NET framework.

scholarly journals Short-term adoption rates for a web-based portal within the intranet of a hospital information system

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. e100004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanasios Kotoulas ◽  
Ioannis Stratis ◽  
Theodoros Goumenidis ◽  
George Lambrou ◽  
Dimitrios - Dionysios Koutsouris
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Average Growth ◽  
Greek Hospital ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Free Open Source

ObjectiveAn intranet portal that combines cost-free, open-source software technology with easy set-up features can be beneficial for daily hospital processes. We describe the short-term adoption rates of a costless content management system (CMS) in the intranet of a tertiary Greek hospital.DesignDashboard statistics of our CMS platform were the implementation assessment of our system.ResultsIn a period of 10 months of running the software, the results indicate the employees overcame ‘Resistance to Change’ status. The average growth rate of end users who exploit the portal services is calculated as 2.73 every 3.3 months.ConclusionWe found our intranet web-based portal to be acceptable and helpful so far. Exploitation of an open-source CMS within the hospital intranet can influence healthcare management and the employees’ way of working as well.

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