Web based GIS application

using
OpenGeo Suite

Organisation: SACON Internal Guide : M.Trinadh Mehar Sankar

Guide : Mr.Santhosh Mr. V. Ramesh No. 03709002
 Agenda
 About the Project

 Software/Technology

 Requirements

 Work to be done
About the Project - Aim
Develop a web based GIS application
Using Open Source tools
Presents data regarding various Social and
Environmental aspects
Considered as layers and displayed on base map
Options to display selected layers
Option to query
Helps the client company to analyse impact of its
energy plant on the environment
About the Project - Organisation
SACON – Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and
Natural History
Autonomous organization, It is a national centre
for studies in Ornithology and Natural History
Aided by Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of India
Major objectives of SACON have been
envisaged encompassing the entire natural
history with ornithology at the centre stage
About the Project - Client
East Coast Energy Private Limited (ECEPL)
To become a leading player in the energy sector
in India and elsewhere with a focus on the power
business.
To design, manage, construct, own and operate
power plants, usually through partnerships with
other investors and developing a deserved
reputation for technical excellence, financial
integrity and environmental & social
responsibility
 Softwares used

 OpenGeo Suite
 OpenLayers framework
 JavaScript
 HTML
 CSS
Software – OpenGeo Suite
Open Source
Collection of Appications
GeoServer
PostGIS
GeoExplorer
GeoWebCache
GeoEditor
Software – OpenGeo Suite
Software – OpenLayers
OpenLayers makes it easy to put a dynamic map
in any web page
OpenLayers is completely free, Open Source
OpenLayers is a pure JavaScript library for
displaying map data
No server-side dependencies
OpenLayers is a project of the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation
Software - Alternates
Databases - SQL Server, Oracle Spatial and DB2
Application Server - ArcGIS Server, MapGuide,
and MapServer
Application Cache - TileCache, ArcGIS Server
and MapGuide
UI map component - Google Maps API, Bing
Maps API
 Requirements
 Client
 Web Browser
 Any Operating System
 Server
 GeoServer
 GeoWebCache
 Web Browser
 Any Operating System
 Database
 PostgreSQL with PostGIS extension
 Requirements
 Hardware
 Operating System: Windows XP, Windows
Vista, Windows 7,Mac,Unix,Linux(each 32
and 64 bit)
 Memory: 512MB minimum (1GB
recommended)
 Disk space: 600MB minimum (plus extra
space for any loaded data)
To be done
Upload spatial data to database
Configure the server to connect with
database(Done automatically at time of
installation)
Publish the tables in database as Layers
Style the layers
Write code to display the Layers in a web
browser using OpenLayers
Use HTML,CSS and JavaScript and integrate the
OpenLayers code to develop a webpage with
required functionality
Queries