Open Source Geospatial Software
An introductory masterclass
“An opportunity to learn about the leading-edge free and open-source technologies for desktop and web-based mapping and data analysis”.
Lancaster, November 2008 Course Notes
Introduction to Open Source and Geospatial Data
- Open Source Intro: slideshow with notes and pdf
- Data Technologies: slideshow with notes and pdf
Desktop GIS with Quantum GIS and GRASS
- Jason's PDF Presentation with links to YouTube video tutorials.
- Alternative HTML Presentation without video links.
- Jason has all his YouTube videos available
Spatial Programming
- Introduction: slideshow with notes and pdf
- R Lecture notes: pdf slides and R code
- R practical: pdf and R code
Web Mapping
- Web mapping slides (pdf) and notes (pdf)
- Mapserver and OpenLayers files in a zip archive
- Sample data can be downloaded from the Qgis Sample Data page
OpenStreetMap
Lancaster University now has a better presence on OpenStreetMap thanks to the two brave and wet mappers. It took me twenty minutes to edit the GPS tracks and upload them to the OSM servers. Here is the current state of Lancaster University on OSM, embedded here as a live map thanks to OpenLayers!
