Case studies

Analysis of the value chain for leather products in San Lorenzo street market

Sectors: 
Tourism
Situation: 

A research about leather shops (an important business for the city of Florence) in the San Lorenzo Market, in the historic centre of Florence. Two main topics have to be analysed: working conditions, since most of shop employees are without regular contract and/or underpaid, the lack of protection policies for the worldwide well known “Made in Italy”.

Software: 
gvSIG Desktop
5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Country: 
Italy

Assessing urban accessibility in the city of Brescia: the impact of public transport infrastructures

Sectors: 
Infrastructures
Public administration
Situation: 

Setting up a methodology for analysing the urban accessibility of Brescia referring to the available modes of transport. Understanding which are the more disadvantaged areas in terms of accessibility and available transport services. Identifying where new services should be located to lower the gap between different areas and reduce the car traffic inside the city. Evaluating the impact of new public transport infrastructures, such as tramways and subways.

Software: 
gvSIG Desktop
5
Average: 5 (2 votes)
Country: 
Italy

International diffusion of gvSIG through training activities

Sectors: 
Education and Training
Situation: 

The development of an open source software is strictly to its diffusion worldwide and to the number of active users that works in testing activities and feeding mailing lists. International consultants, as well as local technicians, working in the framework of projects in developing countries have often raised the problem of lack in knowledge and skill for collect, store and analyse geographical data in several fields such as environment, health and socio-economic sectors.

Software: 
gvSIG Desktop
5
Average: 5 (2 votes)
Country: 
Worldwide

GIS applications in forest and urban environment in East Africa

Sectors: 
Environmental studies
Situation: 

Collect, store, edit and publish the collected field data in a WebGIS, easy-to-manage and update in order to share all the achieved results as a very important tool in developing countries.

GISMAP has supported two projects for development cooperation, one in Kenya and another one in Somaliland.

In both cases, available environmental and urban information were not updated, collected in a not well structured method and stored in paper format without any possibility of geographic analysis and update.

Local technicians had poor computer skill and there was no possibility of sharing important data

Software: 
gvSIG Desktop
5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Country: 
Kenya
Somaliland

El gvSIG como herramienta en el sector salud: el mapa sanitario de Mauritania

Sectors: 
Education and Training
Health
Situation: 

Objetivo:

  • Mejorar la eficiencia y la equidad del sistema de salud a través de la asignación eficiente de los recursos para satisfacer las necesidades de la población.
  • Fortalecer la planificación a través del desarrollo de un mapa geo-referenciado de las estructuras de salud y la toma de decisiones.
Software: 
gvSIG Desktop
5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Country: 
Mauritania

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