Open geospatial software and data : a review of the current state and a perspective into the future

dc.contributor.authorCoetzee, Serena Martha
dc.contributor.authorIvanova, Ivana
dc.contributor.authorMitasova, Helena
dc.contributor.authorBrovelli, Maria Antonia
dc.contributor.emailserena.coetzee@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-29T13:01:36Z
dc.date.available2020-05-29T13:01:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-01
dc.description.abstractAll over the world, organizations are increasingly considering the adoption of open source software and open data. In the geospatial domain, this is no di erent, and the last few decades have seen significant advances in this regard. We review the current state of open source geospatial software, focusing on the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) software ecosystem and its communities, as well as three kinds of open geospatial data (collaboratively contributed, authoritative and scientific). The current state confirms that openness has changed the way in which geospatial data are collected, processed, analyzed, and visualized. A perspective on future developments, informed by responses from professionals in key organizations in the global geospatial community, suggests that open source geospatial software and open geospatial data are likely to have an even more profound impact in the future.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGeography, Geoinformatics and Meteorologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgien_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCoetzee, S., Ivánová, I., Mitasova, H. et al. 2020, 'Open geospatial software and data : a review of the current state and a perspective into the future', ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 9, no. 90, pp. 1-30.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2220-9964
dc.identifier.other10.3390/ijgi9020090
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/74789
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPIen_ZA
dc.rights© 2020 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.en_ZA
dc.subjectGeospatial dataen_ZA
dc.subjectGeospatial softwareen_ZA
dc.subjectOpen dataen_ZA
dc.subjectOpen source software (OSS)en_ZA
dc.titleOpen geospatial software and data : a review of the current state and a perspective into the futureen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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