Abstract
Deploying ArcGIS Engine for Tailored Analyses in Nature Conservation
Track: Application Development
Author(s): Nirmal Ojha, Gertrud Schaab
Nowadays biodiversity research and management of natural resources should include also those analyses which consider spatial information. However, complex analysis or even processing chains are not readily available in standard GIS packages and hence require customisation. ArcObjects provides numerous GIS API which facilitates the development of a focused light-weight GIS by means of ArcGIS Engine. Here, the API considerably reduce the implementation time for setting up such an application. Besides the implemented functions for geodata analysis and visualisation the developed BiotaEastGIS Tool comprises a comprehensive help system as well as a simple GUI allowing for a straightforward consideration of the spatial context in biodiversity research and management even by the so-called non-GIS professionals. The array of functions are based on seven years of integrated biodiversity research within the BIOTA East Africa project. A first training of people from the African counterparts’ institutions on the beta version revealed its high potential.
Nirmal Ojha
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Geomatics, Institute of Applied Research
Moltkestr. 30
Karlsruhe , Baden-Wuerttemberg D-76133
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 721 925 2331
E-mail: nirmal.ojha@hs-karlsruhe.de
Gertrud Schaab
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Geomatics
Moltkestr. 30
Karlsruhe , Baden-Wuerttemberg D-76133
Germany
Phone: + 49 (0) 721 925 2923
E-mail: gertrud.schaab@hs-karlsruhe.de