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Introducción al Sistema Gratuito de Información Geográfica en ciencias pesqueras
Author(s) -
Neely Ben C.,
Eder Brandon L.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1548-8446
pISSN - 0363-2415
DOI - 10.1080/03632415.2014.985377
Subject(s) - geographic information system , limiting , variety (cybernetics) , computer science , open source , data science , fisheries management , spatial analysis , gis and public health , software , gis applications , traditional knowledge gis , fishery , environmental resource management , geography , gis day , cartography , environmental science , engineering , remote sensing , fishing , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , biology , programming language
Geographic information systems (GIS) are powerful tools for analysis and interpretation of spatial data commonly encountered in fisheries science. We presented details of GIS use in fisheries management in a prior study and found cost to be a factor limiting GIS use. This article introduces fisheries managers to free or open‐source GIS. Free or open‐source GIS are readily available, powerful tools capable of performing a variety of spatial analyses. We strongly encourage managers wishing to perform spatial analyses, but who are unable to purchase software, to consider free GIS.