Use of Free and Open Source Software in Development of Web Based Tourism Management System: A Case Study of Gopalpur, Odisha, India
Journal Title: International Journal of Environment, Ecology, Family and Urban Studies (IJEEFUS) - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 4
Abstract
Tourism industries need a robust information dissemination system for the tourists worldwide. Information technology powered with Web GIS, internet, mobile technology, etc is now emerged as the most powerful tool for the tourism authorities/Board/Corporations in attracting tourists to tourist sites/scenic spots. Web GIS portals developed through free and open source softwares (FOSS) have become cheap and time saving process in generation of Tourism Management Systems or Tourism Information System. In this paper an application is developed for tourism management using FOSS. The spatial information of each parcel of the Gopalpur tourist site, all infrastructures relating to tourism, openly available satellite images along with base maps, dynamic weather information, etc are highlights of the developed portal. The complex shortest route finder developed with OSRM routing machine & Java scripts is also a part of the portal.
Authors and Affiliations
Binita Tripathy, Dr. Kabir Mohan Sethy, Dr. P. Mishra
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