Moodling Along:
Experiences with Open Source GIS in the
Classroom
Moodle Sites
Moodle Stats
1. Currently there are 33008 sites from 192 countries who have
5105 of these have requested privacy and are not shown in the lists.
2. 1,378,226 courses
3. 13,785,536 users
4. 1,722,140 Teachers
5. 17,729,145 Current Enrollments
6. 70 Sites with more than 20,000 users
registered.
Open Source Systems
Program
Year Founded
University or Organization
BASINS 4
2006
Idaho State University/EPA
MapWindow
2004
Utah State University
/Idaho State University
Quantum GIS
uDig
Private Sector
2004
DIVA-GIS
gvSIG
Refractions (Canada)
South America / Berkley
2004
ILWIS
Spain
Netherlands
OpenEV
2004
Private Sector
SAGA
2005
Germany
GRASS
1982
Baylor University
Completion Certificate
COAPS GIS Course Work 2006
COAPS GIS Course Work 2007
Efforts by COAPS in 2006
Coursework goes to the following Countries:
Australia
Canada
Columbia
Greece
Italy
Mexico
Pakistan
Poland
Sweden
Thailand
Bangladesh
Chile
France
India
Japan
Nepal
Peru
Portugal
Switzerland
Turkey
United States
Zimbabwe
Brazil
China
Germany
Indonesia
Malaysia
Netherlands
Philippines
Spain
Taiwan
United Kingdom
Other Programs
Penn State University
Web Courses on on-line mapping with Open Source Software
Idaho State University
Directed Individual Studies Course at Masters Level
UMass Amherst
an online course for no credit, because there are at least 15 from African countries who can't afford
the fees
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urban
Geoda
Moodling Along
Enrollment for the fall courses will open on August 01, 2007 and close on September 24,
2007, The first day the courses will be available to take is September 17, 2007.
A Practical Look at Diva GIS (GIS 101)
A Practical Look at MapWindow GIS (GIS 102)
A Practical Look at Quantum GIS (GIS 103)
A Practical Look at uDig (GIS 104)
A Practical Look at BASIN4 (GIS 105)
A Practical Look at AccuGlobe 2007 (GIS 202)
Current Enrollment – Fall 2007
Course
Students Enrolled
DIVA – GIS
202
MapWindow GIS
163
Quantum GIS
180
uDig GIS
111
BASINS 4
87
AccuGlobe 2007
69
Total Individuals
586
Coursework goes to the following Educational
Institutions in 2006
Auburn University
Bogazici University (Ankara, Turkey)
Emery-Riddle Aeronautical University
FAMU
Florida State University
Idaho State University
Institute of Technology (Helsinki, Finland)
National University of Science and Technology (Pakistan)
Penn State University
UMass Amherst
University of York (UK)
University of Alabama (Huntsville)
Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas (UK)
University of Liverpool (UK)
University of Maine at Machias
University of Oviedo (Spain)
University of Southern Maine
University of York (UK)
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Doing Open Source Course work based on COAPS Work for College
Credit
Coursework goes to the following Educational
Institutions in 2007
Clemson University
Florida State University
Utah State University
University of North Florida
Duke University
Mississippi State University
University of Arkansas
University of Poland at Poznan
Students by Location
COAPS (9)
FSU (5)
Tallahassee (19 ) Florida (13 )
U.S.(55)
Canada (12)
Mexico (7)
--------------------------------------------Central and South America---------------------------------Argentina (9)
Bolivia(1)
Brazil (27)
Chile (1)
Columbia (30)
Costa Rico (1)
Cuba (1)
Ecuador(2)
Guatemala (5)
Guyana (4)
Honduras (1)
Jamaica (1)
Peru (12)
Salvador (1)
Uruguay (1)
Venezuela (6)
Uruguay (2)
-------------------------------------------Europe------------------------------------------------------------Belgium (2)
Croatia (1)
Greece (1)
Italy (37)
Netherlands (4)
Norway (1)
Portugal (11)
Serbia and Montenegro (1)
Switzerland (2)
Turkey (3)
France (11)
Israel (2)
Poland (8)
Spain (41)
United Kingdom (9)
Germany(9)
Lithuania (1)
Palestine (1)
Sweden (1)
Students by Location (Cont.)
Africa
Botswana (1)
Burkina Faso (1)
Cameroon (2)
Central African Republic (2)
Cote D’lvoire(1)
Ethiopia(2)
Ghana(2)
Kenya(17)
Liberia(1)
Lesotho(1)
Morrocco(3)
Nigeria(11)
Sudan (3)
Zimbabwe (3)
Tanzania(5)
Uganda (1)
Union of South Africa (15)
----------------------------------------------Asia----------------------------------------------------------------Afghanistan (2)
Bangladesh (2)
China (14)
India (37)
Indonesia (13)
Latvia (4)
Malaysia (1)
Mozambique (2)
Nepal (1)
Russian Federation (1)
Philippines(6)
Pakistan (1)
Senegal(1)
Taiwan(1)
Thailand (2)
Viet Nam (7)
Sri Lanka (2)
Students by Location (Cont.)
---------------------------------------------- Oceania---------------------------------------------------------Australia (1)
Bahamas (1)
Cook Islands (1)
Saint Kitts (1)
Fiji (6)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Barbados(1)
French Polynesia (1)
Turk and Caicos Islands (1)
MapWindow GIS
MapWindow GIS
MapWindow GIS is an open source GIS (mapping) application and set of
programmable mapping components. Because it is distributed as an open source
application under the Mozilla Public License distribution license, MapWindow GIS can
be reprogrammed to perform different or more specialized tasks. There are also plugins available to expand compatibility and functionality. MapWindow GIS is built upon
Microsoft .NET technology but is not a multi-platform application and hence does not
run on non-Microsoft operating systems including Mac OS X, Linux, and UNIX.
MapWindow GIS is notable software because it has been adopted by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency as the primary GIS platform for its BASINS (Better
Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources) watershed analysis and
modeling software. BASINS is distributed from the EPA website world-wide and has
been used by thousands of watershed modeling professionals at the federal, state, and
local level as well as internationally.
MapWindow GIS is continually maintained by an active group of student and voluntary
developers who regularly release updates and bug fixes
Quantum GIS Users around the World
Quantum GIS
Quantum GIS (cont)
Quantum GIS (Cont)
Quantum GIS (often abbreviated to QGIS) is an open source GIS (mapping) application
which is similar to commercial mapping packages. Because it is distributed as an
opensource application under the GNU distribution license, Quantum GIS can be
reprogrammed to perform different or more specialized tasks. There are also plug-ins
available to expand compatibility and functionality. Quantum GIS has a small file size
compared to commercial GIS's and requires less RAM and processing power; hence it
can be used on older hardware or running simultaneously with other applications where
CPU power may be limited.
It is a multi-platform application and runs on different operating systems including Mac
OS X, Linux, UNIX, and Windows XP. Performance appears to be better on nonWindows machines [citation needed]. For Mac users, the advantage of Quantum GIS
over GRASS GIS is that it does not require the X11 windowing system in order to run,
and all around the interface is much cleaner and faster. Quantum GIS can also be used
as graphical user interface to GRASS.
DIVA - GIS
uDig GIS
uDig GIS (cont)
uDig GIS (cont)
uDig is an open source GIS software program produced by a community led by
Canadian-based company Refractions Research. It is based around the Eclipse
platform and features full layered Open Source GIS. It is written in Java and released
under GNU Lesser General Public License.
uDig has a walkthrough in Flash and also quick start directions for those who wish to
complete a full version build to write plug-ins or contribute to the main build.
AccuGlobe 2007
Next year’s Additions
SAGA (Germany)
gvSIG (Spain)
OSSIM
OpenJump
SAGA GIS Users around the World
SAGA
gvSIG
gvSIG
gvSIG is a multilingual, open source geographic information system (GIS) that can handle
both vector and raster data. It features basic editing tools for the creation and maintenance
of vector or raster spatial data on a variety of file formats, including remote data sources.
gvSIG is being actively developed in Java by IVER Tecnologías under the GNU General
Public License (GPL) [1]. Its name is a Spanish abbreviation that stands for Generalitat
Valenciana. Sistema de Información Geogràfica.
Apalachee Bay-St. Marks. Florida, Georgia.
Apalachee Bay-St. Marks. Florida, Georgia.
National Hydrological Dataset
Apalachee Bay-St. Marks. Florida, Georgia.
Land Use
Apalachee Bay-St. Marks. Florida, Georgia.
Digital Elevation Model
Apalachee Bay-St. Marks. Florida, Georgia.
Census Data
Other Issues
Manifold
ArcGIS
Basic Costs
$295-$895
$1,500
Extensions
Included in $895
$2,500 Each
Annual usage fee
none
Up to $1000 per seat
Manifold
Manifold (cont)
Manifold (cont)
Manifold (Cont)
Manifold System is a geographic information system (GIS) software package developed by
manifold.net that runs on Microsoft Windows. The GIS software competes with ESRI and
MapInfo GIS products. Manifold 7.00 handles both vector and raster data, includes spatial
SQL, a built-in Internet Map Server (IMS), and other general GIS features. Manifold System
has a vibrant user community with a mailing list and online forums.
Superb GIS and mapping using vector drawings and raster images and surfaces in perfect
integration. Includes full scripting and development facilities plus the best database
management and analysis capabilities of any GIS. Includes Internet Map Server for GIS enabled
web sites using HTML, OGC WMS, OGC WFS-T (transaction enabled) and Manifold Image
Server
• No Annual Fee
• No Maintenance fee
Manifold (cont)
Academic Users: Manifold System is available under a very generous program of Academic
License grants which donates, free of charge, Manifold System licenses to qualified academic
institutions. The program is best suited for academic institutions that have acquired at least
one commercial license of Manifold System. Such institutions are encouraged to apply for an
Academic License that will enable use of an effectively unlimited number of Manifold
installations at no charge for non-commercial education and research purposes. Academic
licensees may even use Manifold to administer academic institutions facilities, fund-raising and
other institutional needs
FSU has a Academic License