This post is a preliminary research on SDI architectures alternatives to the implementation of a test SDI platform based on open-source components, to be published in the next posts. Source: ChatGPT Implementing a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) involves integrating technologies, policies, standards, and institutional arrangements […]
Evaluation financière de projets SIG
IntroductionL’intérêt de l’information géographique n’est plus à démontrer. Mais, sont les projets SIG prioritaires? Lorsqu’il s’agit de définir la stratégie d’investissement et d’évaluer les projets à réaliser, comment mesurer leurs avantages ?Les techniques d’évaluation de projets d’investissement sont bien connues. Parmi ces techniques l’estimation de […]
Finantial evaluation of GIS projects
Introduction The benefits of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) no longer needs to be demonstrated. However, are GIS projects a priority against other IT projects ? When it comes to defining the investment strategy and evaluating the projects to be carried out, how can GIS projects […]
Spatial Data Infrastructures
A vast amount of geographic data is produced and shared by multiple public organizations and some private actors through open-data initiatives along with data collected by private players in the framework of data-driven business models. How to navigate into these data-oceans, when available? The value […]
Wind farm suitable sites selection using Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and QGIS (draft)
Abstract The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques for the selection of suitable areas to the installation of wind farms has been reported by number of authors [ZHU] and researchers. It is not however easy to reproduce the […]
Introduction to GIS
Geographic Information Systems are structures of interrelated elements, specialized in the representation and analysis of data spatially referenced. They contribute to the understanding and evaluation of the spatial relationships between the data. Data are heterogeneous in terms of sources and quality in general. A large […]


