Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling

Geospatial Open Source and Open Standards Convergences.- Free Software and Open Source Business Models.- Communities of Practice and the Business of Open Source Web Mapping.- MapServer.- The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library.- Open Source Databases and Their Spatial Extensions.- MapGuide Open Source.- Geo Tools.- GRASS GIS.- GeoVISTA Studio: Reusability by Design.- Design and Implementation of a Map-Centred Synchronous Collaboration Tool Using Open Source Components: The MapChat Project.- TerraLib: An Open Source GIS Library for Large-Scale Environmental and Socio-Economic Applications.