Opportunities and impediments for open GIS

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Sui, Daniel ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; FUNDINGS; GEOGRAPHICS; OPEN SCIENCE; SOFTWARE EDUCATION; SOFTWARE STANDARDS; SOFTWARE/HARDWARE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EDUCATION; GIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84891931023     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12075     Document Type: Article

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