Open source GIS for geological field mapping: research and teaching experience

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1 Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
2 Over It, Assago Milanofiori, Italy
3 Private consultant, Valfabbrica, Italy
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2258v2
Published
Accepted
Subject Areas
Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, Spatial and Geographic Information Systems
Keywords
Android, Tablet PC, Mobile GIS, Digital Field Mapping
Copyright
© 2016 De Donatis et al.
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Cite this article
De Donatis M, Alberti M, Cesarini C, Menichetti M, Susini S. 2016. Open source GIS for geological field mapping: research and teaching experience. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2258v2

Abstract

The journey to digital field mapping in the geosciences academic world is far from ending. When it started some years ago, many geoscientists were skeptical about the use of digital tools in the field. Nowadays, the work done in this decade shows clearly that this will be the way of working in the future. The traditional way of mapping can be incorporated and improved in the digital survey. Many of the previously existing limitations have been overcome. Part of this process is possible thanks to the choice of open source tools.

Author Comment

Made some minor changes to the text, particularly related to English. Changed format of references and inserted Figures references in the text. This preprint is submitted to OGRS 2016.