Spatial analysis software is
software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated software documentation, documentation and data (computing), data. This is in contrast to Computer hardware, hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
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written to enable and facilitate
spatial analysis
Spatial analysis or spatial statistics includes any of the formal techniques
Technique or techniques may refer to:
Music
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. Currently, there are several packages, both
free software
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and
proprietary software
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, which cover most of the spatial data infrastructure stack.
Packages
See also
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Comparison of GIS software
This is a comparison of notable GIS software. To be included on this list, the software must have a linked existing article.
License, source, & operating system support
Pure server
Map servers
Map caches
Pure web client
Libraries
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Geographic information System
A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with software tools for managing, analyzing, and visualizing those data. In a ...
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Spatial analysis
Spatial analysis or spatial statistics includes any of the formal techniques
Technique or techniques may refer to:
Music
* The Techniques, a Jamaican rocksteady vocal group of the 1960s
*Technique (band), a British female synth pop band in the ...
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Spatial network analysis software
Spatial network analysis software packages are analytic software used to prepare graph-based analysis of spatial networks. They stem from research fields in transportation, architecture, and urban planning. The earliest examples of such software i ...
References
Sources
* Rey, S. J
''Show me the code: Spatial Analysis and Open Source''
External links
Further resources may be found in the following links:
AI GEOSTATS: Geostatistics and spatial statistics freeware* GeoDa Center Site of software for Geospatial analysis and computation
OSGeo: The Open Source Geospatial Foundationopensourcegis.org* R-Geo
Map Comparison Kit
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Spatial Analysis Software
Geographic information systems