Esri Association With Open Source

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-96
Author(s):  
Faridedin Cheraghi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Neutral Position ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Environmental Systems ◽  
The Future ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems ◽  
Research Institute

Everyone involved in geospatial information systems has heard of Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri)company. Most people have tried ArcGIS software at least for one time. Esri has been the pioneer in this industry for a long time; it also defines the future of geospatial trends. In this chapter, the author adopts a neutral position to discuss the relation of Esri and open-source community. They cover almost every aspect where Esri and open source co-occur. Even the latest achievement of Esri, which is R-bridge, is discussed here. Going into the details of everything is not the goal of the chapter; however, a minimum description is provided for each section. Proper references are given to the reader for further study.

scholarly journals Learning outcomes of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) according to the job titles of the Ministry of Civil Service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: مخرجات تعلم برامج الاستشعار عن بعد ونظم المعلومات الجغرافيا وفقاً للمسميات الوظيفية لوزارة الخدمة المدنية بالمملكة العربية السعودية

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakhar Eddin Ahmed Abdalla Mohmed, Jamilah Omar Ibrahim Mada
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Environmental Systems ◽  
Research Institute

This study is to determine the learning outcomes programs of remote sensing and geographic information systems, and their role in job opportunity and work markets in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, globally (Canada), The study illustrated the top five skills which required for success in professional life majoring in geographic information systems and mentioned by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), USA. The study deal with descriptive, analytical and comparative approaches. The study recommended the top five skills that required succeeding in Remote sensing and GIS" career, which recommended by Environmental Systems Research Institute, as the main scale to determine learning outcomes of remote sensing and geographic information system in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Arab world and then to identify the activities, skills and courses (i.e., the number of theoretical and practical hours, teaching methods, and laboratories ...), which are taught in these programs.

scholarly journals A Survey of Marker-Less Tracking and Registration Techniques for Health & Environmental Applications to Augmented Reality and Ubiquitous Geospatial Information Systems

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 2997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abolghasem Sadeghi-Niaraki ◽  
Soo-Mi Choi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Real World ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Environmental Applications ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Environmental Application ◽  
The Real ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

Most existing augmented reality (AR) applications are suitable for cases in which only a small number of real world entities are involved, such as superimposing a character on a single surface. In this case, we only need to calculate pose of the camera relative to that surface. However, when an AR health or environmental application involves a one-to-one relationship between an entity in the real-world and the corresponding object in the computer model (geo-referenced object), we need to estimate the pose of the camera in reference to a common coordinate system for better geo-referenced object registration in the real-world. New innovations in developing cheap sensors, computer vision techniques, machine learning, and computing power have helped to develop applications with more precise matching between a real world and a virtual content. AR Tracking techniques can be divided into two subcategories: marker-based and marker-less approaches. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of marker-less registration and tracking techniques and reviews their most important categories in the context of ubiquitous Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and AR focusing to health and environmental applications. Basic ideas, advantages, and disadvantages, as well as challenges, are discussed for each subcategory of tracking and registration techniques. We need precise enough virtual models of the environment for both calibrations of tracking and visualization. Ubiquitous GISs can play an important role in developing AR in terms of providing seamless and precise spatial data for outdoor (e.g., environmental applications) and indoor (e.g., health applications) environments.

Beyond Development

2009 ◽  
pp. 1822-1834
Author(s):  
Leigh Jin ◽  
Daniel Robey ◽  
Marie-Claude Boudreau
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Open Source Software Development ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
User Communities ◽  
Research Questions

Open source software has rapidly become a popular area of study within the information systems research community. Most of the research conducted so far has focused on the phenomenon of open source software development, rather than use. We argue for the importance of studying open source software use and propose a framework to guide research in this area. The framework describes four main areas of investigation: the creation of OSS user communities, their characteristics, their contributions and how they change. For each area of the framework, we suggest several research questions that deserve attention.

Choosing Qualitative Methods in IS Research

2011 ◽  
pp. 271-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen M. Trauth
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
The Future

This book is about the use of qualitative methods in the conduct of information systems research. As the title suggests, it is concerned both with trends in the choice of qualitative methods and with issues with the use of these methods. The issues have been addressed on two levels. The section on individual issues considers specific issues encountered by individual researchers in the conduct of particular research projects. The section on issues for the profession considers issues that the IS profession is currently confronting and those it will have to address in the future.

A Central Database Improves Pipeline Projects

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Adam
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Data Integrity ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Single Source ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Central Database ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

Pipeline projects see enormous benefit from using geospatial information systems since a pipeline will commonly cover large geographic distances. In doing so, terabytes of engineering, geotechnical, and environmental data can be generated for engineering and regulatory needs. A central database allows the project to organize this information and provide a single source of truth. In fact, the central database is as much a philosophy as it is computer infrastructure. This level of organization allows a project to properly manage change, thus ensuring data integrity and security. When data is reliable and secure, its full value can be realized during the pipeline planning stage and even further leveraged through construction and operation.

scholarly journals Effective Schemes for Place Name Annotations with Mobile Crowd

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yao-Chung Fan ◽  
Hsueh-Wen Tseng
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Mobile Crowd ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

With the popularity of mobile devices, numerous mobile applications have been and will continue to be developed for various interesting usage scenarios. Riding this trend, recent research community envisions a novel information retrieving and information-sharing platform, which views the users with mobile devices, being willing to accept crowdsourcing tasks ascrowd sensors. With the neat idea, a set of crowd sensors applications have emerged. Among the applications, the geospatial information systems based on crowd sensors show significant potentials beyond traditional ones by providing real-time geospatial information. In the applications, user positioning is of great importance. However, existing positioning techniques have their own disadvantages. In this paper, we study using pervasive Wi-Fi access point as user position indicators. The major challenge for using Wi-Fi access point is that there is no mechanism for mapping observed Wi-Fi signals to human-defined places. To this end, our idea is to employ crowdsourcing model to perform place name annotations by mobile participants to bridge the gap between signals and human-defined places. In this paper, we propose schemes for effectively enabling crowdsourcing-based place name annotation, and conduct real trials with recruited participants to study the effectiveness of the proposed schemes. The experiment results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed schemes over existing solutions.

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