[Educacao-pt] Free and Open Source Software for GIS education - White Paper - Jan.2011

[Ricardo Pinho]

Free and Open Source Software for GIS education
http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hightech/WhitePaper/tsou_free-GIS-for-educators-whitepaper.pdf


Although many private GIS vendors and software companies such as ESRI, 
Microsoft, Google and Intergraph played an important role for GIS development in 
the past, the Open Source Software Society has become a stronger player recently 
in the GIS industry. With the introduction of this white paper, we hope that GIS 
educators can realize the potential of open source GIS software for their 
courses and instructional tools.