Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hall, G. Brent (Editor), Leahy, Michael G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Geographic Information Science, 2
• Subjects: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Software engineering.; Coding theory.; Geographical information systems.; Remote sensing.; 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.

Table of Contents:

• 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.