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University of Oslo Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Department of Informatics Development of Desktop and Web-Based GIS Prototype for the Health Bureau of Addis Ababa City Administration, Ethiopia. Group Members Belay, Helge, Trond, Lars, Faraja and Gertrudes.
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University of OsloFaculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Department of InformaticsDevelopment of Desktop and Web-Based GIS Prototype for the Health Bureau of Addis Ababa City Administration, Ethiopia Group Members Belay, Helge, Trond, Lars, Faraja and Gertrudes GIS - INF5230 - 24th November 2004
Outline of the presentation • Project Objectives • System requirements • Overview of Software used • Presentation of the prototype and experiences • Thuban • MapServer • JUMP • Conclusions and Recommendations GIS - INF5230 - 24th November 2004
Project Objectives • Develop simple GIS applications using free open software and then compare the usability, suitability and constraints of the software used with regard the project specification. GIS - INF5230 - 24th November 2004
System requirements • Capture data from DHIS database • Display geographical data from DHIS database GIS - INF5230 - 24th November 2004
Overview of the software used • Open source, GUI • THUBAN • S/W written in Python • Platform independence • Use modules written in other language • MAPSERVER • Web based Application • Run on Windows NT/98/95/2000/XP • Very low footprint • JUMP • Desktop • JAVA • Possibility to make custom tools GIS - INF5230 - 24th November 2004
Conclusions and Recommendations GIS - INF5230 - 24th November 2004
Recommendations • For the experimentation purposes in GIS classes, students might have no restrictions such as administrator rights. • We suggest developing new components as plug-ins. GIS - INF5230 - 24th November 2004