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AGISGRID
Environmental applications based on
GIS and Grid technologies

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Challenge

Sustainable exploitation of natural resources is a sensible issue in everyday life of institutions and firms. In particular, monitoring and management of soil use are crucial aspects for a responsible exploitation of land and environment; in this sense, complex and multidisciplinary problems need proper tools able to combine scientific and technical knowledge with planning and intervention requirements.

Overview

AGISGRID is a Web application, based on GIS and GRID technologies, to support optimal management of natural resources. The software comprises a range of different tools:

  • Land Suitability Classification model (based on the FAO framework) to assess specific vocational degrees of soil uses (see figure);

  • desertification risk assessment module based on ESAs methodology;

  • environmental geochemisty module to monitor natural and anthropogenic anomalies in soils and surface water.

Innovative features

  • Web based access to high-performance-computing centre with the possibility to upload input files, run analysis online and download the outputs;
  • output visualization on the Internet browser by means of an in-house developed Web-GIS client (msCross http://sourceforge.net/projects/mscross/ );
  • designed to support work in team (enable to share land planning studies and analyses);
  • extensible and customizable to many other different application.

Potential Users

 AGISGRID users should have technical knowledge of the environmental problem at study and basic knowledge of geographical data formats but they are not required to be computer experts. The software service is designed for technical personnel that works in agencies for environmental protection, and land use development.

Impact sectors

Landscape and urban planning services – Agriculture and rural production services – Environmental Health Monitoring services

Other resources

http://grida3.crs4.it/ 

Eva Lorrai, Utilizzo dei Sistemi Informativi Geografici nei modelli di propagazione degli incendi. Collana Seminari per la valorizzazione dei risultati della ricerca al CRS4, Cagliari, 22 Marzo 2012.