Databases and records of property and new plantings in the company "13.Jul-plantaže" using open-source platform QGIS

Abstract

Today, there are few activities in which information and communication technologies do not play a direct or indirect role. In fact, they represent the 'nerves and arteries' of modern society, facilitating and supporting global flows of information, ideas, and services. In this way, geoinformation systems (GIS), as modern information technologies, directly impact the processing and utilization of spatial data. Considering the fact that GIS is continuously expanding and improving, today it can be applied in various fields that involve information related to space, as well as in the decision-making processes related to them. It can be utilized by all institutions and companies dealing with space management and exploitation in any way, including urban planning, construction land, road and railway networks, water supply, sewage, power distribution, gas distribution, telecommunications, district heating, ecology, landscaping, agriculture, forestry, and more. Quantum GIS (QGIS) is the leading open source GIS desktop application which belongs to and is developed by Open-Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). With many plugins developed by user community, QGIS offers vast variety of different functions for working with vector and raster spatial data, and also non-geographical data. Without delving further into this wide field, in this paper we will describe the Information system of the company "13th july-plantaže", which main activity is wine grapes and wine production, through a specific project of new vineyards data acquisition, analysis and display, completed in the previous period using the QGIS software package, along with suggestions for its improvement.