An overview on current free and open source desktop GIS developments

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1345-1370

  Steiniger, Stefan ^a   Bocher, Erwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b IRSTV FR CNRS 2488   (France)

Author keywords

Desktop GIS; Free software; Open source; Software projects

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GIS; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE; TEACHING;

EID: 70349789930     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810802634956     Document Type: Article

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