Desarrollo e Implementación de una Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales para el Centro de Agua y Desarrollo Sustentable de Espol utilizando Software Libre

Abstract

The importance of geographic information is related to different areas of society, such as public safety, the flow of public transport, protection of ecosystems or green areas and access to health services. The Center for Water and Sustainable Development has undertaken projects with some public institutions, which have shown interest in identifying problems that could manifest in various sectors by lifting geographic information and decision-making early in problems such as: environmental and water pollution (by inadequate management of solid waste, chemicals and greenhouse gas emissions) and risk factors related to weather events such as floods and earthquakes, to avoid strong negative impacts on society. For storage, organization, distribution and updating of this geographic information was needed a set of technologies, policies and standards that promote a communicative and collaborative environment, so a spatial data infrastructure based on free software (IDE) was developed.