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My Take: Open Source Libraries of Map Projections - The Significance of Autodesk's Acquisition of Mentor Software
The big announcement at OSGEO's Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference on Tuesday morning was from Autodesk. The company has acquired Mentor Software of Thornton, Colorado and will put its map projection libraries into open source as an OSGeo project. When Geoff Zeiss of Autodesk made the announcement at 9:30am here in Victoria, to a room of nearly 700 attendees, it seemed only a handful of people "got it." Adena Schutzberg was the first
to clap loudly, getting odd looks from her neighbors.
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The European Information Society: Leading the Way with Geo-information (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography)
This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of on-going GI Science research, as presented at the 10th Conference of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE), held in Aalborg, Denmark. Included are 28 fully
peer-reviewed papers covering basic GI Science research themes such as interoperability, geo-ontology, data representation, usability, and data quality; technological advancements (i.e., spatial web services and spatial data infrastructures); as well as applied research on environmental modeling and management, including mobile and collaborative applications. From Springer, 2007. |
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GIS Tutorial for Marketing
Third in the GIS Tutorial book series, GIS Tutorial for Marketing teaches students and professionals how to do the analysis that most marketing books encourage students to learn. This book is essential for those who recognize the advantages of integrating ArcGIS into their business and marketing planning and want to leverage
this valuable tool in their organizations. The book includes two CDs: a 180-day trial version of ArcGIS 9 software, including extensions; and a data CD with MS Word report templates, tutorial datasets, and samples of Business Analyst and Community Tapestry data. An instructors resource CD accompanies desk copies requested from ESRI Press. The instructor's resource CD contains sample lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, assignment answer keys, and additional resources. From ESRI Press,
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Thinking about GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers (3rd Edition)
Updated and easier to use, this third edition of the GIS classic details a planning model developed for designing data and technology systems that will meet an organizations specific needs, whether its an enterprise-wide GIS or a single-shop launch. From ESRI Press,
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