Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling / Edition 1

by Brent Hall, Michael G. Leahy

Overview

This book focuses on the nature and characteristics of open source geospatial (OSG) software. The role of OSG approaches in spatial data handling is the cross-cutting theme of the book. Various sub-themes are explored that introduce readers unfamiliar to OSG software to the nature, purpose and applications of OS programming, and to the key new OS tools and their application within the geospatial data domain. The book also includes a discussion of new tools, approaches and applications for those already using OS approaches to software development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540748304
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/17/2008
Series:	Advances in Geographic Information Science
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

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.