Open-Source Geospatial Technology for Coastal Asset Mapping and Management

Abstract

Coastal areas are highly productive in terms of natural resources and important for their strategic location. This leads to the development of industry, ports, and town-ships/cities in coastal areas. Therefore, many assets/ infrastructures are developed in coastal areas which are managed by respective administrations. Proper management of these assets requires a geographic information system (GIS) that can integrate and disseminate geospatial data along with ground photographs. The advancement of open-source geospatial technology enables the development of feature-rich yet cost-effective GIS applications. In the present chapter, one such web GIS framework is discussed for mapping and management of coastal assets using open-source geospa-tial technology.