I received a bit of email from my article last week on open source GIS. There are two letters from readers I’d like to share with you because I think they clearly represent two different perspectives ...

Open source software has gained popularity in recent years, as exemplified by operating systems such as Linux, container software such as Docker, and automation tools such as Ansible. In the ...

A new book on open-source geospatial information systems (GIS) will be published in May. Information on the book is available on Emerging Trends in Open Source Geographic Information Systems, by ...

* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass says uDig is a good open source GIS package * Help Desk columnist Ron Nutter discusses using server virtualization to reduce the costs of running a test network ...

In two data-related announcements today, the leading Cassandra distro is going to the cloud and open source GIS gets some Enterprise ecosystem chops.

Is it feasible to develop a geographic information system (GIS) for basic infrastructure planning and management of HIV/AIDS information at the local level using open source software?

Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today introduced the world's first open GIS ecosystem to unlock the business intelligence of location-based data. In response to market demand for more open and ...

Therefore, commercial vendors are offering open-source GIS software to overcome this challenge, which is becoming a fast-moving trend in the market.

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And since open source GIS software tools are easily learnt by personnel with a general IT background, [47] training costs are minimised.