Free and open source GIS: Will there ever be a Geo-Linux?

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn 0, Issue , 2012, Pages 229-245

  Câmara, Gilberto ^a   Vinhas, Lúbia ^a   de Souza, Ricardo Cartaxo Modesto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION USE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS;

'CURRENT; ACCESS POLICIES; DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY; GEO-SPATIAL DATA; LARGE-SCALES; MARKET SHARE; OPEN-SOURCE GIS; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; OPENACCESS; POLICY DECISIONS;

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EID: 84988583687     PISSN: 18632246     EISSN: 18632351     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10595-1_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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