Journal
COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS
Volume 39, Issue -, Pages 136-150Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2012.10.003
Keywords
GIS software; FOSS4G; Free software; Open source; Overview; Software selection
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Over the last decade an increasing number of free and open source software projects have been founded that concentrate on developing several types of software for geographic data collection, storage, analysis and visualization. We first identify the drivers of such software projects and identify different types of geographic information software, e.g. desktop GIS, remote sensing software, server GIS etc. We then list the major projects for each software category. Afterwards we discuss the points that should be considered if free and open source software is to be selected for use in business and research, such as software functionality, license types and their restrictions, developer and user community characteristics, etc. Finally possible future developments are addressed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available