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OpenStreetMap: Using and Enhancing the Free Map of the World

This handbook provides a comprehensive look at OpenStreetMap (OSM), the web-based editable map of the world that enables people to freely view, edit, and use geographical data in a...More

Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach (third edition)

With this third edition of Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach, we enter the new era of GRASS6, the first release that includes substantial new code developed by the International GRASS...More

Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet with Open Source

Desktop GIS explores the world of Open Source GIS software and provides a guide to navigate the many options available. People all over the world are successfully using OSGIS for their daily...More

Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling

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...More

Emerging Spatial Information Systems And Applications

Several emerging phenomena and technologies, such as the increasing availability of open source software and the continuing evolution of distributed computing, are introducing a new dynamic into...More

Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach. Second Edition

by M. Neteler and H. Mitasova, 2004,
The Kluwer international series in Engineering and Computer Science (SECS): Volume 773.
Kluwer Academic Publishers/Springer, Boston
ISBN:...More

Beginning MapServer: Open Source GIS Development

Beginning MapServer: Open Source GIS Development offers a comprehensive introduction to MapServer, the development platform for integrating mapping technology into Internet applications. You'll...More

Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach. Second Edition

Since the first edition of Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach was published in 2002, GRASS has undergone major improvements. This second edition includes numerous updates related to the new...More

Mysql and Java Developer’s Guide: Java Open Source Library (Java Open Source Library)

J2EE Open Source Toolkit : Building an Enterprise Platform with Open Source Tools (Java Open Source Library)

The first book that shows how to harness the full power of open-source tools to build a free J2EE development platform without using any commercial products.

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Towards a Global Licensing Framework for Geospatial Data

Is it time for a global licensing framework for geospatial data? The GSDI Legal and Economic Working group thinks so and offered a presentation and a way forward at the GSDI 13 conference held in Quebec City in May. The effort aims to harmonize existing licensing without changing fundamental access policies and funding models and be compatible with the diferences in national legal systems. That's a tall order, but an important one as the world moves toward geodata sharing. Geoff Zeiss reports.