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Low Cost Spatial Information Systems

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The previous chapter discussed the development of integrated GIS in the context of large organisations and multi-functional systems. There are, however, very many users who are constrained by available resources to using low-end personal computing. This chapter considers the ways in which effective spatial information management may be achieved using low cost strategies.

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Cassettari, S. (1993). Low Cost Spatial Information Systems. In: Cassettari, S. (eds) Introduction to Integrated Geo-information Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1504-9_5

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