Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling [electronic resource] /
Hall, Brent.editor.
Leahy, Michael G.editor.
This book focuses on the nature and characteristics of open source geospatial (OSG) software. The role OSG approaches to data handling within the spatial information technology industry is the cross-cutting theme of the book. Within this theme, various sub-themes are explored that introduce readers unfamiliar to OSG software to the nature, purpose and applications of OS programming and to the key new OS tools and their application within the geospatial data domain. The book also includes a discussion of new tools, approaches and applications for those already using OS approaches to software de
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This book focuses on the nature and characteristics of open source geospatial (OSG) software. The role OSG approaches to data handling within the spatial information technology industry is the cross-cutting theme of the book. Within this theme, various sub-themes are explored that introduce readers unfamiliar to OSG software to the nature, purpose and applications of OS programming and to the key new OS tools and their application within the geospatial data domain. The book also includes a discussion of new tools, approaches and applications for those already using OS approaches to software de
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Geospatial Open Source and Open Standards Convergences -- Free Software and Open Source Business Models -- Communities of Practice and the Business of Open Source Web Mapping -- MapServer -- The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library -- Open Source Databases and Their Spatial Extensions -- MapGuide Open Source -- Geo Tools -- GRASS GIS -- GeoVISTA Studio: Reusability by Design -- Design and Implementation of a Map-Centred Synchronous Collaboration Tool Using Open Source Components: The MapChat Project -- TerraLib: An Open Source GIS Library for Large-Scale Environmental and Socio-Economic Applications.
Geographical information systems.
Remote sensing.
Application software.
Earth sciences.
Software engineering.
Coding theory.
Information theory.
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.
Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).
Earth Sciences, general.
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.
Coding and Information Theory.
Advances in Geographic Information Science