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Market and Infrastructure for Spatial Data

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Encyclopedia of GIS

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Spatial information; Geographic information

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GIS combines hardware and software to allow the storage and manipulation of spatial data. GIS applications typically combine specific spatial data with data on the general geographic features of an area. The availability and cost of this general data is an important factor in the more widespread adoption of spatial techniques. The spatial data market is the system enabling the transaction of business between buyers and sellers of such data. This system must reward those who collect spatial data and protect their rights over that data while making the data available to users under reasonable conditions.

Historical Background

GIS applications are comparatively resource‐intensive, as they require more complex software and consequently more powerful hardware than many common applications of Information Technology (IT). However, the rapid development of IT means that sophisticated GIS software is now readily available and that...

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  1. UCD Business School, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Peter Keenan

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Keenan, P. (2008). Market and Infrastructure for Spatial Data. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_755

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