Web GIS Information System for Medicinal Plant resource management, conservation and planning- a Geo-visualization for Rauvolfia serperntina

摘要

Medicinal and aromatic plants play an important role in healthcare. The inventory, location of plant species, utilities, frequency of occurrence and its systematic geographical based information data using Web GIS information system can plays an important role in its management and conservation. Uttarakhand State is very rich in Medicinal and Aromatic plants resources. A comprehensive geospatial database and web based geovisualization of these economically important species can be helpful in various management and planning activities. The present paper deals with web based information system for Rauvolfia serpentina which is one of the important medicinal plants. The generated multilayered database like, LULC, location of plant species, soil layers, distribution, suitable site for cultivation, utilities and other collateral information was integrated using ArcGIS software and publish on web platform. This information was generated using administrative boundaries like district, block and village as well as forest boundaries for user inter phase. This web based information system will quite helpful in knowing present distribution, extend and suitable zone for cultivation of species in the selected zone. There are multiple choices for GIS Servers e.g. MapServer, GeoServer, mapnik, QGIS server, MapGuide etc. We choose Geoserver because of its administration applications and its services like Web Feature Service standard(WFS), Web Map Service(WMS), Web Coverage Service (WCS) and Web Processing Service specifications. In Geoserver we can get source code of a layer map and can link to that source code in any web site to display it to client through internet. This allows the users to share the collected data through using web GIS platform for resource management, conservation and planning of medicinal and aromatic plants sector in the State.