Environmental modeling and management is an important application area for geographic information. At the outset of a modeling or management project, the location of the study is explored and existing data are mapped and visualized. When the project progresses, data need to be stored and equations need to be implemented. Free and open-source software (FOSS) provides tools that are shared by their developers to be used, studied, extended, and redistributed. The total body of FOSS is already enormous and includes a substantial collection of geospatial software. FOSS is maintained and developed further by a community, which can be freely joined and which appreciates contributions. The geospatial FOSS community, represented by the OSGeo foundation, develops several software products that can be linked together, to environmental models, and to other software. The software platform for environmental modeling and management is a set of tools and a set of services. Generic FOSS modeling tools, such as R and Python, have been made geospatially aware by geospatial FOSS libraries. Geospatial FOSS constitutes platforms for developing applications for environmental management. It supports web services well, which is an important part of the geospatial platform.
Jolma, A.; Ames, D.P.; Horning, N.; Mitasova, H.; Neteler, M.G.; Racicot, A.; Sutton, T. (2012). Open-source tools for environmental modeling. In: Springer handbook of geographic information (editor(s) Kresse, W.; Danko, D.M.). Dordrecht ... [etc.]: Springer: 967-984. ISBN: 978-3-540-72678-4 doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-72680-7_31. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/20887
Open-source tools for environmental modeling
Neteler, Markus Georg;
2012-01-01
Abstract
Environmental modeling and management is an important application area for geographic information. At the outset of a modeling or management project, the location of the study is explored and existing data are mapped and visualized. When the project progresses, data need to be stored and equations need to be implemented. Free and open-source software (FOSS) provides tools that are shared by their developers to be used, studied, extended, and redistributed. The total body of FOSS is already enormous and includes a substantial collection of geospatial software. FOSS is maintained and developed further by a community, which can be freely joined and which appreciates contributions. The geospatial FOSS community, represented by the OSGeo foundation, develops several software products that can be linked together, to environmental models, and to other software. The software platform for environmental modeling and management is a set of tools and a set of services. Generic FOSS modeling tools, such as R and Python, have been made geospatially aware by geospatial FOSS libraries. Geospatial FOSS constitutes platforms for developing applications for environmental management. It supports web services well, which is an important part of the geospatial platform.
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