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A major limitation on the development of spatial information systems has been the availability of data. Without suitable data, particularly digital maps, the effective use of GIS is not possible.

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Cassettari, S. (1993). Copyright and Legal Issues. In: Cassettari, S. (eds) Introduction to Integrated Geo-information Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1504-9_6

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