Most of the well-known search engines such as Google are text search engines that match the vocabulary entered only by the user and retrieve a list of results. The search engine model proposed in this thesis achieves a better solution that does not m
atch the vocabulary entered by the user only, but rather matches other words that are related. With the vocabulary statements in the ontologies supporting it.
Free and open source software (FOSS) is a computer programs
which source code can be freely accessed, freely used, changed, and
distributed by anyone. It is produced by many people or organizations,
and distributed under licenses that conform to t
he definition of open
source.
(gvSIG) is one of the most important open source software within
the field of geographic information systems (GIS). It provides an
integrated environment for editing, querying, storing, analyzing and
distributing spatial data. It also provides an environment for displaying
and outputting spatial and descriptive information for specific goals.
The project aims to:
Preparing an educational guide in Arabic for using the free and
open source (gvSIG) Program.
Practical use of the program through two practical applications:
o Producing a digital plan for Tishreen University area, by
digitizing a satellite image of the study area, spatially
referenced to the coordinate system (UTM) according to
certain control points.
o Producing thematic maps for elevation, Contour lines, slope,
shadows, and Aspect maps, from real surveying data for a
certain area of Lattakia countryside.
