How and why open source technology should be used in the Education sector

1. Welcome to
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Open Source software - a
paradigm shift in Education
Sector & application
development
Swaran Singh Jaggi, Email ID:swaran.jaggi@gmail.com
www.wyntechnology.com Contact: 9899336955

2. Objectives/Topic covered
1. Open source
2. Open source in education sector
3. Aadvantage of open source in education sector
4. Geospatial Technology
5. Open Source GIS software
6. Open Source GIS Application
7. Start-up possibilities using Open source GIS
software
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3. 1. What is open source?
Open source means a software for
which the original source code
is made freely available and
may be redistributed and modified.
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4. What is open source software?
Open source software (OSS) is software with source
code that anyone can
• use/inspect
– learn, copy, share
• modify
– improvise an algorithm, bug fixing
• enhance
– Add feature.
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5. OpenSource software In India
• In India NRCFOSS - National Resource Centre for
Free/Open Source Software
create by Ministry of communication and Information
Technology in April 2005
Example
• BOSS-Bharat Operating system solutions
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6. Advantages of open source
1. It’s generally free – it has been estimated that
open source software collectively saves
businesses $60 billion a year.
2. It’s continually evolving in real time as
developers add to it and modify it, which
means it can be better quality and more
secure and less prone to bugs than
proprietary systems.
3. Using open source software also means you
are free to use on any platform
4. You can modify and adapt open source
software for your own business requirements.
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7. Disadvantages of open source
1. Open source software depend more on
developers than the needs of the end user.
2. More technical and less user friendly
3. Less support available or paid support
4. open source software tends to rely on its
community of users to respond to and fix
problems.
4. Although the open source software itself is
mostly free, there may still be some indirect
costs involved, such as paying for external
support.
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8. Open source S/W Vs other types of S/W
• Proprietary (Closed source) software:
– Source code rights
– User agreement license
– E.g. Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop
• Open Source Software
– Source code available
– Rights with User
– License – Free
– E.g. LibreOffice and GNU Image Manipulation
Program
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9. Open Source in Education Sector
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10. Open source in education sector
• Share same philosophy
– openness,
– collaboration and
– interactive knowledge-sharing
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11. Impact of Open Source on Education-1
Educational institute: Strive to strike a balance between
resources and requirements
• Open source e-learning software
• Institute management software
• Administration management software
• Operating systems like Ubuntu, Lynix etc
• Academic learning software like QGIS, officelibre etc
have emerged as a viable solutions.
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12. Impact of Open Source on Education-2
1. Free Software: Most universities annually pay
large sums to software companies to use their
products, but open source licenses are free.
2. Flexibility: Open source products are
customizable and can involve third parties.
New features and tools can be imported from
the open source community.
3. Service continuity. The huge collaborative
network of the open source community
minimizes, although it does not eliminate, the
risk of discontinued service.
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13. Impact of Open Source on Education-2
4. Continuous improvement: Extensive
collaboration ensures that software products
keep improving. Programmers from different
institutions and organizations, along with
volunteers, contribute freely to projects.
5. Tax benefits. Governments of many countries
have implemented tax-exemption policies to
boost open source projects, although the
governmental role in promoting open source
software is controversial
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14. Open source enhance educational reach
Among the millennium development goals (MDG)
set forth by the United Nations (UN)
1. Increase access to education and
2. improving the quality of education
Initiatives that enable free, indiscriminate
accessibility and distribution (some of the open
source principles) of educational resources
enhance the possibility of realizing the goal set
by the UN.
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15. Fastest Growing Industry
• In 1998, only 10% of organizations were using open source
software (OSS);
• by 2011, more than 50% of organizations surveyed by
Gartner
• 62% of organizations reported using open standard
application programming interfaces (APIs)
• There has been a 140% increase in interest in purchasing
open source software over the past four years.
• Major companies around the globe are using open source
technology, including Facebook, Google etc
• Open source growing at an average yearly growth of 22%
• Gartner predicts that by 2015 at least 95% of mainstream IT
organizations will leverage open source solutions within
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17. The first instance of open source sharing wasn’t
related to software at all
• The first instance of open source sharing dates back to
even before the first computer was developed. In 1911,
revolutionary automaker Henry Ford was instrumental
in launching the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers
Association.
• This association launched an open source initiative that
witnessed major US auto manufacturers sharing
technology patents openly without seeking any
monetary benefits in return.
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18. The first OS S/w is not Linux but the A-2 system.
• Many people widely believe that Linux is the world’s
first open source software.
• This honor goes to the A-2 system that was developed
for the UNIVAC compiler in 1953. Users were given
access to the source code for the A-2 system and invited
to share improvements and feedback.
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19. “Open Source" was first coined in 1998
• The term "Open Source" was formally introduced
during Navigator's source code release in 1998. Over
the next couple of days, the term was promoted heavily.
Linus Torvalds – the entrepreneur behind Linux – gave
his approval to the term the following week. And it has
been popularly in use ever since!
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20. Use of OS in developing s/w applications
• Most of the mainstream IT firms are using open source
platforms to develop software applications.
• Gartner – the renowned American IT research firm –
has devoted time and efforts to understand the impact
of open source platforms in modern day businesses.
One such finding revealed that close to 95% of IT
businesses will go the open source way by 2015.
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21. Apprehension about using OS s/w
• Earlier, a lot of business heads were wary about using
open source platforms in their projects
• The reason for this was the mistaken assumption that
with source code being widely available, applications
can be easily compromised by hackers.
• This fact is far from reality though. Since the code is
widely available, developers can easily detect threats,
allowing for a more secure product.
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22. InfoWorld Bossie Awards
• Just like the Oscars, the open source industry has
prestigious awards of its own!
• In 2007, “InfoWorld Bossie” award was instituted for
OpenSource software Winners for 2013 include Varnish,
Magento, SugarCRM, MariaDB and Nginx, among
others.
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23. The most invaluable open source software of all time
is Linux!
• The Bossie Awards recognized Linux as the greatest and
most invaluable open source software of all time.
• Let’s face it – the world would have been a more
complicated place to live in if not for Linux.
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24. ITES i.e. Geospatial Technologies
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25. Geospatial Technologies
• GIS
• Remote Sensing
• Photogrammetry
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26. What is GIS…
“GIS is a computer system capable of assembling, storing,
manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced
information, i.e. data identified according to their locations.”
Science of Geographical feature is called GIS --- Swaran Jaggi
A GIS is an organized collection of computer
hardware, software, geographic data, and personnel
to efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate,
analyze, and display all forms of geographically
referenced information.”

27. What is a GIS?
An integration of five basic components

28. Advantages of GIS
•GIS allows us to view, understand, and visualize data in many
ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the
form of maps, globes, reports, and charts.
•A GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by
looking at your data in a way that is quickly understood and
easily shared.
•GIS give the accurate Data, Better Predictions and Analysis.

29. Disadvantages of GIS
•Expensive software.
•Integration with traditional map is difficult.

30. Open Source Geospatial software - QGIS
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31. QGIS-Freedom in Geospatial World
Freedom
- to choose O/S
- of Licensing fee
- to customize
- to contribute to the development of QGIS

32. QGIS-History
•written by Gary Sherman in 2002
•Globally used and volunteer-led project
•In 2009 version 1 was released under OSGeo – Open Source
Geospatial Foundation

33. Why QGIS - 1
It’s free, as in lunch: Installing and using the QGIS program
costs you a grand total of zero money. No initial fee, no
recurring fee, nothing.
It’s free, as in liberty. If you need extra functionality in QGIS,
You can wait for next version
You can sponsor the development of a feature,
Add it yourself if you are familiar with programming.

34. Why QGIS - 2
It’s constantly developing: Because anyone can add new
features and improve on existing ones, QGIS never stagnates.
The development of a new tool can happen as quickly as you
need it to.
Extensive help and documentation is available: If you’re
stuck with anything, you can turn to the extensive
documentation, your fellow QGIS users, or even the
developers.

35. Why QGIS - 3
Cross-platform. QGIS can be installed on MacOS, Windows
and Linux.
Now that you know why you want to use QGIS, we can show
you how. The first lesson will guide you in creating your first
QGIS map.

36. Feature of QGIS
1. View Data
2. Explore Data and compose maps
3. Create, edit, manage and export data
4. Analyse data
5. Publish maps on internet
6. Extend QGIS functionality through plugins

37. Aadvantage of open source in education
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38. Open source in GIS education
1. Educators who teacher GIS as a part of
overall academics or a short term source
does not have required commercial
software, so they can cover the
theoretical part of the academics but
when trying to who on GIS software they
need some software which explain things
well, at no cost and student can install at
home and do practice. The open source
allow all the above mentioned points.
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39. Open source in GIS education
2. Teachers can install the
software at college lab and
students can use the same
software at home and even
they can develop
applications on top of that.
so open source range from
learning to development
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40. Open source in GIS education
3. Since open sour5ce works
on almost all operating
system, so whatever
operating system school is
having and student
personally using, the same
software runs on all.
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41. Open source in GIS education
4. Mostly commercial software
work as module form, e.g GIS
functions like database
management, web mapping,
remote sensing, or spatial
analysis and if any additional
function is required we need to
buy expensive additional
modules.
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42. Open source in GIS education
5. if the teacher gives some
exercise at home, so
students can use the same
software at home and
complete the exercise.
open source gives the
flexibility of licence and
ease to use.
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43. Startup Using Open Source GIS
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44. GIS Applications
1. Customization
2. Standalone application development
3. Training and support
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45. Use of Geospatial Technology in Crime/Police
Effective Resource planning
• Manpower placement according to weighted requirement
• Online tracking of police personnel at critical location
Thana information system
• Geographical mapping of a District Police stations
• Real-time location of moving facilities like Jeep, petrol unites etc
• Integration of existing systems/solutions
• Various attribute information
Training
• Awareness of geospatial technology
• Use of geospatial technology with Policing
•
• Platform
• Open source technology
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