Development of a software tool as an introduction to Geospatial Information Technology based on geospatial standards

Abstract

This paper presents the development of an “all-in-one” software tool, called “gittok” [pronounced: jee-tock, ʤiːtɒk] that assists both higher education students and industry professionals in learning about Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) based on the concepts of geospatial standards. While there are a number of popular and advanced open source Geographic Information Science (GIS) systems and tools, the software designed in this research is not a GIS, but an education assistance tool that helps to teach the basic concepts of GIT. Gittok was designed around the basic concept of using geospatial standards to help with learning the knowledge areas of GIT. Gittok allows students to acquire and edit geospatial data directly in compliance with an application schema. Users of the gittok software can gain an overview of GIT and directly experience, through “hands-on” operation, spatial analysis, XML data exchange, geo-library management and map design. Therefore, the authors hope that gittok will become a popular and useful tool for GIT education.

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