OpenGeo released a major upgrade to its open source geospatial software suite — OpenGeo Suite 3.0 — bringing enhancements that aim to narrow the feature gap with established proprietary GIS solutions.

* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass says uDig is a good open source GIS package * Help Desk columnist Ron Nutter discusses using server virtualization to reduce the costs of running a test network * ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global geographic information system (GIS) market is set to reach close to USD 16 billion by 2020, growing at a ...

In this special guest feature, Anthony Calamito, Chief Geospatial Officer at Boundless, an open GIS provider, discusses hybrid architectures (proprietary + open source software) for geographic ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

Open source might be the building blocks of the modern software stack, but companies building businesses off the back of open source software face a perennial struggle between keeping their community ...

One of the most amazing things about open-source isn't that it produces great software. It's that so many developers put their egos aside to create great programs with the help of others. Now, however ...

In Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, a cynic is described as "a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing" while a sentimentalist is "a man who sees an absurd value in ...

Open-source software tools are increasing in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...