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http://dx.doi.org/10.12672/ksis.2014.22.6.067

An Analysis of Open Source GIS Software Ecosystem in Korea  

Kang, Youngok (Department of Social Studies, Ewha Womans University)
Kang, AeTti (Department of Social Studies, Ewha Womans University)
Kwon, HoeYoon (Department of Social Studies, Ewha Womans University)
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Spatial Information Research / v.22, no.6, 2014 , pp. 67-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
These days open source softwares are being introduced and applied in many countries in the world. Especially, both government and private companies tend to become an spearhead in vitalizing the open source software. In this paper we try to check the degree of vitalizations in open source GIS software and to draw implications in vitalizing ecosystem of open source GIS software. Key players of open source GIS software ecosystem are government, private companies, academic and research institutes, and nonprofit foundations. Government does not have very little policies related to the investment and the support of open source GIS software. Private companies related to the open source GIS software are very few in the number and do not have any clear business model to make a profit. Academic and research institutes are weak in using the open source GIS software, which can be an major obstacle to cultivate software developers. OSGeo Korean branch, established in 2009, is the only nonprofit foundation in Korea which makes an effort to vitalize the open source GIS software, but its results are not very strong up to now in view of both quality and invigoration. In order to vitalize the open source GIS software ecosystem, lots of efforts of key players are needed. Especially, government efforts are very important because it can provide a trigger in vitalizing the open source GIS software ecosystem. The tasks that government should propel are R&D investment, test bed projects in the area of public sector, professional manpower training, and international cooperation and marketing.
Keywords
Open source software; Open source GIS software; Ecosystem; Vitalization policy; Business model;
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