Developing space syntax tools for free and open source software for GIS

Author

Beyhan, Burak

Author_Institution

Dept. of City & Regional Planning, Mersin Univ., Mersin, Turkey

fYear

2011

fDate

24-26 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to reveal the potential of Free and Open Source Software for GIS (FOSS4GIS) in Space Syntax (SS) analysis. For this purpose, firstly the existing software exclusively developed for SS are reviewed in order to unveil both their modalities to produce the key measures of SS and illustrate the lack of their cooperation with GIS and Social Network Analysis (SNA) software. After discussing basic SS parameters, several FOSS4GIS are examined in order to divulge their potential for the extraction of adjusted graphs and calculation of basic SS parameters by presenting the core algorithm behind the plugins created employing the scripting facilities in the respective software programs. This paper exposes that there are rich avenues for future research in the field of analysis of social networks and spatial configurations if the potential of FOSS4GIS and the graph theoretical background of SNA and SS are properly utilized.

Keywords

geographic information systems; graph theory; public domain software; social networking (online); GIS; adjusted graph extraction; free software; open source software; social network analysis software; software programs; space syntax analysis; space syntax tool development; Algorithm design and analysis; Geographic Information Systems; Java; Software; Software algorithms; Spatial databases; Syntactics; GIS; free and open source software (FOSS); social network analysis (SNA); space syntax analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoinformatics, 2011 19th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

ISSN

2161-024X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-849-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GeoInformatics.2011.5981111

Filename

5981111