The successful examples of systems software
such as Linux has been substantial interest by policy makers
and researchers on the dynamics of the production of opensource
software. A topic of particular interest is the
adoption of open-source software systems in developing
nations, as a means of reducing licensing costs and of
promoting indigenous technological development by having
access to the source code of these systems. The importance of
rapid development and research work of open-source
software for QGIS software is taking essential for open
source systems software like Linux. The excellent research
work for software development for QGIS is a software for
online working software for GIS. A Geographic Information
System (GIS) represent a systematic integration of computer
hardware, software, data and procedures designed to
support the data capture, storage, management, updating,
manipulation, analysis, and display of spatial data. More
simply, a GIS is a system that provides the ability to work
with information that is referenced to the surface of the
earth. Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source
Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux,
Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. GRASS stands for
Geographic Resources Analysis Support System for QGIS.
Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic
Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data
management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps
production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is
currently used in academic and commercial settings around
the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and
environmental consulting companies. It is the most complete
free GIS application available. In this paper gives the
importance open-source, license free software and the
method & code of installations of QGIS working with the
operating system Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is Linux flavor. This
paper explain the QGIS installation and manage using
Ubuntu is more features than that of Windows.
Mr. Pratik P. Bheley : Educational Qualification is
M.Tech. (VLSI) and presently working as Asst.
Professor,Electronics Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi
College of Engg., & Research, Nagpur. Interesting
subject areas are VLSI and Network Security.
Voore Subba Rao : Educational Qualification is
M.Tech.(CSE) and presently working as
Sr.Executive Engineer in ADCC InfoCAD Ltd.,
Nagpur. Interesting subject areas Operating
Systems, Oracle Database Management
System, Computer Networking.
GIS
QGIS
GRASS
Ubuntu 12.04
Spatial Data
Open-Source
License Free
In conclusion focusing the importance of Open source
software like Linux is an emerging type of software. The
open-source and license free is fundamentally affect the
business and economic features and conditions of the IT
industry. Linux, an open-source operating system, has been the prominent example of the potential of the open
source movement, challenging and competing against
Microsoft Windows, the incumbent operating system. A
topic of particular interest is the adoption of open-source
software systems in developing nations, as a means of
reducing licensing costs and of promoting indigenous
technological development by having access to the source
code of these systems. In open-source system software
UBUNTU 12.04 LTS flavor of Linux operating system for
the open source software QGIS. This work examines the
nature of open-source software development, by looking
in detail at the application area of geo-information
technology. In surveying about open-source GIS software
projects and concluded that the Linux paradigm is the
exception rather than the rule, and that corporations are
the main developers of successful open-source products.
As established by extensive research, good software
design and development are the products of qualified
teams that operate at a high level of interaction. The
direct participation of universities in open-source software
is limited due to the conflict between the generation of
new research ideas and the need for long-term software
maintenance and upgrades.
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