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“…FOSS/FOSS4G have been declared crucial for developing countries because they enable them to develop their own technology instead of having to import it, provide a path to close the digital divide, and can be the base for creating their Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) in a context where resources for system development and maintenance are scarce (Naronha 2002(Naronha , 2003Rajani et al 2003;Schenker 2003;Wambui 2004;Holmes et al 2005;Camara and Fonseca 2007;Moreno-Sanchez 2012;Molina and Bayarri 2011). Developed countries are also increasingly using FOSS4G ).…”

Section: Addressing Future Earth Geospatial Information Needs Throughmentioning

confidence: 99%

Free and open source software for geospatial applications (FOSS4G) to support Future Earth

Brovelli

Minghini

Moreno-Sánchez

et al. 2016

International Journal of Digital Earth

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* corresponding author 1The development, integration, and distribution of the information and spatial data infrastructure (i.e. Digital Earth; DE) necessary to support the vision and goals of Future Earth (FE) will occur in a distributed fashion, in very diverse technological, institutional, socio-cultural, and economic contexts around the world. This complex context and ambitious goals require bringing to bear not only the best minds, but also the best science and technologies available. Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Applications (FOSS4G) offers mature, capable and reliable software to contribute to the creation of this infrastructure. In this paper we point to a selected set of some of the most mature and reliable FOSS4G solutions that can be used to develop the functionality required as part of DE and FE. We provide examples of large-scale, sophisticated, mission-critical applications of each software to illustrate their power and capabilities in systems where they perform roles or functionality similar to the ones they could perform as part of DE and FE. We provide information and resources to assist the readers in carrying out their own assessments to select the best FOSS4G solutions for their particular contexts and system development needs.

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Section: Addressing Future Earth Geospatial Information Needs Throughmentioning

confidence: 99%