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Selection of available GIS software for education of students of telecommunications engineering by AHP methodology

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This paper reports on how the concept and technologies of GIS are included in the telecommunications engineering curriculum at the undergraduate level. The course of Fundamentals of GIS is described in detail. The usage of GIS software is necessary part of GIS technology education. In order to evaluate available GIS software, several criteria are defined. For this purpose, the authors used Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology according to the goal to find the most appropriate GIS software in education of telecommunications engineers. The following software tools are considered: GRASS, uDig, SAGA, Prune and OpenJUMP. Each proposed criterion was given relative importance through pair-wise comparison. Taking into account proposed criteria, uDig software tools showed the most promising results to be used for education of future telecommunications engineers.

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This research was partially supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovations of the Republic of Serbia [projects TR32025, TR32048].

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Kostić-Ljubisavljević, A., Samčović, A. Selection of available GIS software for education of students of telecommunications engineering by AHP methodology. Educ Inf Technol 29, 5001–5015 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12031-w

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