OSGeo in Research

Free and Open Source Geospatial Software in research projects

The education and curriculum project aims at developing strong cooperation with academic research projects. The cooperation can benefit both FOSS4G projects and research projects. We are looking for discussion about and links to

• Research needs
• Research projects using FOSS4G
• Research projects developing FOSS4G:
  • MPBA group, ITC-irst, Trento, Italy
• Research about and on FOSS4G. (This is a "meta" level topic)
• Research on FOSS4G in participatory GIS
• Research on FOSS4G software quality:
  • GRASS Quality Assessment and monitoring system GRASS-QA mailing list

List of academic publications using OS Geospatial Software

 Google Scholar and OSGeo: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=osgeo

• Benito Garzón, M., R. Blazek, M. Neteler, R. Sanchez de Dios, H. Sainz Ollero, and C. Furlanello. Predicting habitat suitability with Machine Learning models: the potential area of Pinus sylvestris L. in the Iberian Peninsula. Ecological Modelling, 197(3-4):383-393 [PDF, GRASS and R used]

• Calin Arens, Jantien Stoter and Peter van Oosterom, Modelling 3D spatial objects in a geo-DBMS using a 3D primitive, Computers & Geosciences, Volume 31, Issue 2, Geospatial Research in Europe: AGILE 2003, March 2005, Pages 165-177. PDF [mentions superior 3D representation in PostGIS over Oracle Spatial, however Oracle used]

• Lemoine, G.; Chesworth, J.; Schwartz-Juste, G.; Kourti, N.; Shepherd, I., "Near real time vessel detection using spaceborne SAR imagery in support of fisheries monitoring and control operations," Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International , vol.7, no.pp. 4825- 4828 vol.7, 20-24 Sept. 2004 PPT [PostGIS used]

• Mitchell, S W, C Tague, F Csillag. 2005. Impacts of Spatial Partitioning in Hydroecological models: Predicting grassland productivity with RHESSys. Transactions in GIS, 9(3): 421-442. [GRASS and R used]

• Norris, J.S.; Powell, M.W.; Fox, J.M.; Rabe, K.J.; I-Hsiang Shu, "Science Operations Interfaces for Mars Surface Exploration," Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2005 IEEE International Conference on , vol.2, no.pp. 1365- 1371, 10-12 Oct. 2005 [PostGIS used]

• Ray R. Larson, Patricia Frontiera, Spatial Ranking Methods for Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR) in Digital Libraries, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3232, Jan 2004, Pages 45 - 56 [PostGIS used for the GIR algorithm]

• Remmel, Tarmo K, F Csillag, S Mitchell, M Wulder. 2005. Integration of forest inventory and satellite imagery: a Canadian status assessment and research issues. Forest Ecology and Management, 207: 405-428. [GRASS and R used]

• Rizzoli, A., M. Neteler, R. Rosà, W. Versini, A. Cristofolini, M. Bregoli, A. Buckley, E.A. Gould, 2007: Early detection of TBEv spatial distribution and activity in the Province of Trento assessed using serological and remotely-sensed climatic data. Geospatial Health, 1(2):169-176. [PDF, GRASS used for MODIS satellite data processing]