How to Choose GIS Software

1. How to Choose a GIS? A Prototype Generalized Methodology - David Hastings, from NOAA National Data Centers 
2. GIS Strategies & Issues - a complete framework, including needs analysis, funding, and choosing hardware and software, from Louisiana Geographic Information Council
3. The Business Case for GIS - a basis for Planning and System selection - part of the GIS Survival Guide
4. Choosing a GIS: the current issues and options - Nick Chrisman, from his lectures, 1999
5. Factors in Choosing a GIS - high level overview; University of Northern BC
6. How to Pick a GIS - PowerPoint from Central Conn. State Univ.
7. Top Ten Tips And Tricks For Selecting And Implementing GIS - Peter Thorpe, of Peter Thorpe Consulting
8. The New GIS Survival Guide - Professor Michael Clark GeoData Institute, University of Southampton, revised by Dr Nigel Trodd UNIGIS, University of Salford, a guide to asking the right questions, really
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