Open GIS--Fact or Fiction?

Author: Vonnie Smith
Organization: Cook-Hurlbert

5222 Thunder Creek Rd.
Austin, TX 78759
USA

Phone: 512-338-1711
Fax: 512-338-9794
vsmith@cook-hurlbert.com

GIS and GIS application providers have announced that "open" is the name of the game. This presentation examines what it means to be open, the technology that enables it, and the resulting impacts on the industry.