Free and Open Source GIS Software
Software Developed by INPE
SPRING: integrated system for GIS, Image Processing and Geostatistics.
TerraLib: a library for development of open source GIS.
Other References
FreeGIS: a repository for open source GIS.
Papers and Presentations on Open Source Software
Networks of Innovation and the Establishment of a Spatial Data Infrastructure in Brazil.
Gilberto Câmara, Frederico Fonseca, Antonio Miguel Monteiro, Harlan Onsrud.
Manuscript submitted to the journal "Information Technology for Development", August 2005.
Structural Constraints in Open Source Software Development and their Public Policy Implications.
Gilberto Camara and Frederico Fonseca
IST-Penn State and INPE Joint Research Project
on "Public Policies for Open Source Software and Open Data Access". Working Paper 1, April 2005.
Open Source GIS Software: Myths and Realities.
In: Julie M. Esanu and Paul F. Uhlir, Eds, Open Access and the Public Domain
in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium.
Washington, The National Academies Press, 2004. (ISBN 0-309-09145-4).
TerraLib: OpenSource Tools for GIS Applications.
International Postgraduate Course on Geoinformation,
Universitat Jaume I, Castelló (Spain), June 2004.
Developing open source GIS: what are the challenges?
Institute for Geoinformation, Technical University of Vienna,
June 2004.
The Importance of Improving Access to Environmental Data in the Americas.
CODATA Inter-American Workshop on Environmental Data Access.
Campinas, 2004.
Open Source GIS Development in Brasil.
International Symposium on Open Source and Open Access for Science, CODATA/UNESCO, Paris, 2003.
Efficacious sustainability of GIS Development within a low income country: the Brazilian experience.
Internal report, INPE, 2003.
Frameworks for Sustainability of GIS and Earth Observation Technologies in Developing Countries.
18th International CODATA Conference, Montreal, October 2002.
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