First published 2012 in Great Britain and the United States by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Innovative software development in GIS / edited by Florence Le Ber [and] Benedicte Bucher.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-84821-364-7

1. Geographic information systems. 2. Geography--Data processing. 3. Geomatics. I. Le Ber, Florence. II. Bucher, Bénédicte.

G70.212.I556 2012

910.285--dc23

2012008578

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

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