Learning GIS Using Open Source Software: An Applied Guide for Geo-Spatial Analysis

Kakoli Saha is Assistant Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India, and currently heads the Geoinformatics Centre there. She completed her PhD in Applied Remote Sensing in 2010 from Kent State University, Ohio, USA. Since then she has successfully completed many professional assignments. She was Coordinator for the Doctoral Programme and was Principal Investigator for DST project, under Young Scientist Scheme (2012- 2015). Her research interest span the application of GIS and remote sensing in physical planning and architecture. Author of several scholarly articles, she is a recipient of the prestigious Erasmus Scholarship under the framework of Erasmus Plus Global Mobility Programme, 2016.

Yngve Frøyen is Professor at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. He is a renowned expert in the field of GIS and information technology for land-use and transportation planning purposes. With a civil engineering background, he has worked on a wide field of planning-related disciplines, as researcher, university lecturer and as consulting adviser both in Norway and abroad. He is a member of the group responsible for the master program in physical planning at NTNU, where he has taught since 2010, and he supervises urban and regional planning topics such as integrated land-use and transportation planning, sustainable urban transport and urban network modelling. He is also teaches mapping and geographical information systems (GIS), and how GIS-methods and other computer-based tools can be utilized for planning purposes. His field of research includes the planning of sustainable urban transport solutions. In particular, he is concerned with environment friendly modes of transport-walking, bicycling and transit.

Kakoli Saha是印度博帕爾規劃與建築學院的助理教授，目前擔任該校地理信息中心的負責人。她於2010年在美國俄亥俄州肯特州立大學完成應用遙感的博士學位。自那時以來，她成功完成了許多專業任務。她曾擔任博士課程的協調員，並擔任青年科學家計劃下的DST項目的首席調查員（2012年至2015年）。她的研究興趣涵蓋了地理信息系統（GIS）和遙感在物理規劃和建築中的應用。作為多篇學術文章的作者，她是2016年Erasmus Plus全球流動計劃框架下的Erasmus獎學金得主。

Yngve Frøyen是挪威科技大學建築與規劃系的教授。他是地理信息系統（GIS）和土地利用和交通規劃信息技術領域的知名專家。他具有土木工程背景，在規劃相關學科領域中作為研究員、大學講師和顧問顧問在挪威和國外工作。他是挪威科技大學物理規劃碩士課程負責小組的成員，自2010年以來一直在該校任教，並指導城市和區域規劃的主題，如整合土地利用和交通規劃、可持續城市交通和城市網絡建模。他還教授地圖製作和地理信息系統（GIS），以及如何利用GIS方法和其他計算機工具進行規劃。他的研究領域包括可持續城市交通解決方案的規劃。特別是他關注環境友好型交通方式，如步行、騎自行車和公共交通。