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Import data from OpenStreetMap to QGIS

The amount of data that exist in OpenStreetMap is really wide, and although it is not completely up to date, in the majority of cases it is more accurate than data traditionally raised by cartographic sheets with scale 1: 50, 000. In QGIS is great to load this layer as a background map such as the Google Earth image, for ...

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OpenGeo Suite: A GIS Software great example, thought upon the OSGeo model’s weaknesses

To this day, at least in the geospatial environment, any professional with neutral thinking recognizes that open source software is as mature as commercial software, and in some ways superior to it. The standards strategy worked very wisely. While it is questionable its balance update against the required energy for technological developments, perhaps was what laid the foundation for the ...

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