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2. OpenStreetMap - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap

   OpenStreetMap ( OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial imagery and also import from other freely licensed geodata sources. OpenStreetMap is freely licensed under the Open Database License and as a result ...

3. Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps - Wikipedia

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   The aim of WikiProject Maps is to improve the quality of maps across the Wikimedia Foundation. The Maps for Wikipedia page is an overview of different formats and tools for maps available on Wikipedia. The Map conventions page provides advice for creating and improving maps. The Map workshop page can be used to add your map requests and your ...

4. List of spatial analysis software - Wikipedia

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   Library of algorithms to aggregate areas into regions, where each region is geographically connected, while optimizing a predefined objective function. Python. BSD license. R -Analysis of Spatial Data. yes. Linux, MAC OS, Windows. Roger Bivand (maintainer) CRAN site for Analysis of Spatial Data, R-Forge site.

5. Web mapping - Wikipedia

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   Web maps support hyperlinking to other information on the web. Just like any other web page or a wiki, web maps can act like an index to other information on the web. Any sensitive area in a map, a label text, etc. can provide hyperlinks to additional information. As an example a map showing public transport options can directly link to the ...

6. Web Map Service - Wikipedia

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   A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium in 1999 for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet. These images are typically produced by a map server from data provided by a GIS database.

7. Computer cartography - Wikipedia

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   Computer cartography (also called digital cartography) is the art, science, and technology of making and using maps with a computer. [1] [2] [3] This technology represents a paradigm shift in how maps are produced, but is still fundamentally a subset of traditional cartography. [3] [4] The primary function of this technology is to produce maps ...

8. ArcGIS - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcGIS

   ArcInfo includes increased capability in the areas of spatial analysis, geoprocessing, data management, and others. Other desktop GIS software include ArcGIS Explorer and ArcGIS Engine. ArcGIS Explorer is a GIS viewer which can work as a client for ArcGIS Server, ArcIMS, ArcWeb Services and Web Map Service (WMS). Components

9. Free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   "Free and open-source software" (FOSS) is an umbrella term for software that is simultaneously considered both free software and open-source software. The precise definition of the terms "free software" and "open-source software" applies them to any software distributed under terms that allow users to use, modify, and redistribute said software in any manner they see fit, without requiring ...