Tools for open geospatial science

Open Science Publication

Vaclav (Vashek) Petras

NCSU GeoForAll Lab at the Center for Geospatial Analytics
North Carolina State University

GIS 710: Geospatial Analytics for Grand Challenges
November 18, 2024

https://bit.ly/2oR9owy

Use Case

Petras et al. 2017

Petras, V., Newcomb, D. J., & Mitasova, H. (2017). Generalized 3D fragmentation index derived from lidar point clouds. In: Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards 2(1), 9. DOI 10.1186/s40965-017-0021-8

Open Science Publication Components

Publication Component	in the Petras et al. 2017 use case
Text	background, methods, results, discussion, conclusions, … (OA)
Data	input data (formats readable by open source software)
Reusable Code	methods as GRASS GIS modules (C & Python)
Publication-specific Code	scripts to generate results (Bash & Python)
Computational Environment	details about all dependencies and the code (Docker, Dockerfile*)
Versions	repository with current and previous versions* (Git, GitHub)

* Version associated with the publication included also as a supplemental file.

Petras, V. (2018). Geospatial analytics for point clouds in an open science framework. Doctoral dissertation. URI http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.20/35242

Open Science Publication: In a Single Package Online

Components other than Text and Versions for Petras et al. 2017 are now also available at Code Ocean as a capsule.

Code Ocean capsule content in a web browser

DOI 10.24433/CO.3986355.v2